calycle Bot.
(ˈkælɪk(ə)l)
[ad. L. calycul-us (which is now often used instead), dim. of calyx.]
1. A little calyx: a. A row of bracts or leaves surrounding the base of the calyx, and resembling a smaller outer calyx. b. The outer proper covering or crown of the seed, adhering to it to facilitate its dispersion. † c. Formerly, the outer envelope of a bud.
| 1731 Bailey vol. II, Calycle, with Botanists, a small bud of a plant. 1803 Rees Cycl., Calycle, a term invented by Vaillant to express a series of leaves surrounding the base of the calyx. 1880 Gray Bot. Text-bk. 400 Calyculus, an involucre or involucel imitating an additional calyx. |
2. Erroneous form of calicle.
Hence ˈcalycled a., having a calycle, calyculate.
| 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxvi. 378 note, The calyx is..calycled, or furnished with a second set of leaflets at the base. 1810 Encycl. Lond. I. 683/1 Calycled andromeda. |