calceiform

1. 1.

   of slipper-shaped blossoms

   “the calceiform lip of certain orchids”

   Synonymscalceolate

Questions about calceiform

What does calceiform mean?

calceiform means "of slipper-shaped blossoms".

How many syllables are in calceiform?

calceiform has 3 syllables: cal-cei-form. The stress falls on "cal".

What is another word for calceiform?

Close synonyms include calceolate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calceiform a common word?

calceiform is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.