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calceolaria

/kal-see-uh-lair-ee-uh/US // ˌkæl si əˈlɛər i ə //UK // (ˌkælsɪəˈlɛərɪə) //

钙钛矿,钙钛矿物,钙钛矿石,钙片

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any plant of the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, various species of which are cultivated for their slipperlike flowers.

Examples

  • Advancing further on my onward course, how joyfully I greeted as old acquaintance the purple gentiana and the brown calceolaria!

  • I do not think there is any man alive who could sell me a yellow calceolaria or persuade me to find room for it in my garden.

  • Every child in our town used to have a Calceolaria in her own small garden plot, but I never wanted one.

  • Suppression of the upper lip in such flowers as Calceolaria has been termed by Morren "apilary."