‖ Calycanthus Bot.
(kælɪˈkænθəs)
[mod.L., f. Gr. κάλυκ- calyx + ἄνθος flower.]
A North American genus of shrubs; esp. Calycanthus floridus or Carolina Allspice.
| 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 190 Come and reach me down some calycanthus out of the greenhouse. 1884 Stevenson Silver. Squatt. 267 Cal[y]canthus crept, like a hardy weed, all over our rough parlor. |