Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, an outer accessory calyx, or set of leaflets or bracts looking like a calyx, as in the pink. Also called
calyculus . - noun In zoology, a calice or little calyx; some part of a zoöphyte like or likened to the calyx of a plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A row of small
bracts at the base of thecalyx , on the outside.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
- noun a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
Etymologies
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Latin calyculus small flower bud, calyx, diminutive of calyx. See calyx and compare calicle.
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Examples
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This is either the calycle, as in Scabiofiy Knautiay Ageratum y Arcloiis — or a Down (Pappus) y as in Hieracium t Scnchus,
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