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calceolate

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[kal-see-uh-leyt] / ˈkæl si əˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany.

  1. having the form of a shoe or slipper, as the labellum of certain orchids.

Etymology

Origin of calceolate

1860–65; < Latin calceol ( us ) a small shoe ( calce ( us ) a shoe + -olus -ole 1 ) + -ate 1

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