calceolate

1. 1.

   of slipper-shaped blossoms

   “the calceiform lip of certain orchids”

   Synonymscalceiform

Questions about calceolate

What does calceolate mean?

calceolate means "of slipper-shaped blossoms".

How many syllables are in calceolate?

calceolate has 4 syllables: cal-ce-o-late. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for calceolate?

Close synonyms include calceiform. 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 calceolate a common word?

calceolate 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.