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calceolate

[kal-see-uh-leyt]

adjective Botany.

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

Origin:
1860–65; < Latin calceol(us) a small shoe (calce(us) a shoe + -olus -ole¹) + -ate¹

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calceiform or calceolate (ˈkælsɪɪˌfɔːm, kælˈsiː-, ˈkælsɪəˌleɪt)

—*adj*
	botany shaped like a shoe or slipper

[C19: from Latin calceus shoe]

calceolate or calceolate

—*adj*

[C19: from Latin calceus shoe]

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calceolate

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