genus calceolaria

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   large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofScrophulariaceae

Questions about genus calceolaria

What does genus calceolaria mean?

genus calceolaria means "large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers".

Is genus calceolaria a common word?

genus calceolaria 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.