This is a series of posts on interesting and unusual words and phrases.
The first set of words are adjectives that describe a shape and are often used in botany, mineralogy, and describing artistic forms.
The word for today is calceolate or calceiform : of the shape of a slipper or small shoe, from the Latin, calceolus.
Orchid:
https://www.orchidsnewguinea.com/orchid-glossary/define-term/Calceolate/
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