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Definition of Slipperwort
1. Noun. Any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip.
Definition of Slipperwort
1. n. See Calceolaria.
Definition of Slipperwort
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus ''Calceolaria'', usually with orange or yellow flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Slipperwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Slipperwort
Literary usage of Slipperwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Horticulture (1850)
"... (narrow-leaved slipperwort). — Habit erect branching compact, height one foot ;
flowers lemon yellow ; comes into bloom in June, lasts four months ..."
2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"In some South American countries the bola consists of only one rope about six
feet long with a weight at each end. F.ST.A. slipperwort ..."
3. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1867)
"... Primrose 152 Lily 152 Azalea 152 Cactus 195 Begonia, or Beefsteak plant 195
Calceolaria, or slipperwort ..."
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