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Meaning of CALCEIFORM

Pronunciation:  'kalseeu`form

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 Definition: [adj]  slipper-shaped; "the calceiform lip of certain orchids"
 
 Synonyms: calceolate
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cal"ce*i*form`\ (k[a^]l"s[-e]*[i^]*f[^o]rm`), a. [L.
calceus shoe + -form.] (Bot.)
Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper;
calceolate.
 

 

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