What is another word for calceolaria?

Pronunciation: [kˌalsɪˈə͡ʊlˈe͡əɹi͡ə] (IPA)

Calceolaria is a genus of plants that belongs to the family Calceolariaceae, commonly known as slipper flowers or pocketbook flowers. These stunning plants are native to South America and feature hairy or smooth leaves with bright and showy flowers of various shades, including yellow, orange, purple, red, and pink. Some of the synonyms for calceolaria are slipperwort, pocketbook plant, bladderwort, and lady's purse. Slipperwort is used to describe the flower's shape resembling a slipper or shoe. Lady's purse is a reference to the flower's seed capsule resembling a pouch or purse. Bladderwort also alludes to the plant's inflated seed capsule.

Synonyms for Calceolaria:

What are the hypernyms for Calceolaria?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Calceolaria?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for calceolaria (as nouns)

What are the holonyms for Calceolaria?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Calceolaria

But the vivacity of spirit which had hitherto enlivened her, was fast ebbing under the pressure of prosaic realities, and the warm scarlet of the geraniums, glowing most conspicuously, and mingling with the vivid cold red and green of the verbenas, the rich depth of the dahlia, and the ripe mellowness of the calceolaria, backed by the pale hue of a flock of meek sheep feeding in the open park, close to the other side of the fence, were, to a great extent, lost upon her eyes.
"Desperate Remedies"
Thomas Hardy
Shoot in a rose, or a calceolaria, or an herbaceous border, or something, I gather, and you have made a formal proposal of marriage without any of the trouble of rehearsing a long speech and practising appropriate gestures in front of your bedroom looking-glass.
"The Man Upstairs and Other Stories"
P. G. Wodehouse
The stereotyped bed of flaming yellow calceolaria balanced the conventional bed of flaming crimson verbena; the lavender heliotrope faced the scarlet geranium, like the four corners in a quadrille.
"Charlotte's Inheritance"
M. E. Braddon

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