calicular, a.
(kəˈlɪkjʊlər)
[f. L. calicul-us, dim. of calix a cup + -ar.]
See also calycular.
† 1. ? Resembling a little cup (? or perh. = calycular). Obs.
| 1658 Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 124 Contemplating the calicular shafts [of the teasel] and uncous disposure of their extremities. |
2. Biol. Of or pertaining to a calicle.
| 1849 Murchison Siluria x. 221 They..produce their young clusters through this marginal calicular development. 1872 Nicholson Palæont. 94 Three chief forms of gemmation..amongst the compound Zoantharia—viz. basal, parietal, and calicular. |
Hence caˈlicularly adv.
| 1846 Dana Zooph. iv. §60 The coralla..may be described as calicularly branched. |