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Definition of Calceolate
1. Adjective. Of slipper-shaped blossoms. "The calceiform lip of certain orchids"
Definition of Calceolate
1. a. Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
Definition of Calceolate
1. Adjective. slipper-shaped ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calceolate
Literary usage of Calceolate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"He concludes "that the pitcher results from a calceolate pouching of the leaf-blade
from its upper surface" somewhat as in the nectariferous petal of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The calceolate corolla of Calceolaria may t>e considered as consisting of two
slipper-like lips. When л tubular corolla is split in such a way as to form a ..."
3. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... quite naked: >lucre slightly imbricate«! by having one or two intermediate
bracts, espe- llv in tlie earlier specie.-, or only calceolate at base: ..."
4. The American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure, Life by Alphonso Wood (1875)
"calceolate, slipper-shaped. Cali/culate, having an outer calyx or calyx- like
involucre. Cali/pira, the hood of the ..."
5. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... the flowers may sometimes be counted by hundreds, expanded about the same time.
[G. DJ calceolate. Having the form of a slipper or round-toed shoe. ..."
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