calceolate
/ˈkælsiəˌleɪt/
adjective
- Shaped like a small slipper or shoe, especially used to describe certain flowers or plant parts.
- The calceolate corolla of the lady's slipper orchid is its most distinctive feature.
- In the botanical drawing, the calceolate petals were carefully shaded.
- The plant's calceolate leaves curl inward, giving them a shoe-like appearance.
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