||Opéra bouffe [F. opéra opera + bouffe comic, It. buffo], ||Opera
||buffa [It.], light, farcical, burlesque opera. -- Opera box, a
||partially inclosed portion of the auditorium of an opera house for
||the use of a small private party. -- ||Opéra comique [F.], comic or
||humorous opera. -- Opera flannel, a light flannel, highly finished.
||Knight. -- Opera girl (Bot.), an East Indian plant (Mantisia
||saltatoria) of the Ginger family, sometimes seen in hothouses. It has
||curious flowers which have some resemblance to a ballet dancer,
||whence the popular name. Called also dancing girls. -- Opera glass, a
||short telescope with concave eye lenses of low power, usually made
||double, that is, with a tube and set of glasses for each eye; a
||lorgnette; -- so called because adapted for use at the opera,
||theater, etc. -- Opera hat, a gentleman's folding hat. -- Opera
||house, specifically, a theater devoted to the performance of operas.
||-- ||Opera seria [It.], serious or tragic opera; grand opera.