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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...
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calyculate
calyculate, a. Bot. (kəˈlɪkjʊleɪt) [f. L. calycul-us calycle + -ate2 2. Cf. F. caliculé.] Having a calycle. So formerly caˈlyculated, (having fruit) enclosed in a calyx or involucre.1690 Sloane in Phil. Trans. XVII. 466 Calyculated Berries of the bigness of a large Pea. 1693 Ibid. 928 Such..have the...
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calycule
ˈcalycule Another form of calycle; see -cule and cf. F. calicule.
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calycular
calycular, a. Bot. (kəˈlɪkjʊlə(r)) [f. L. calycul-us calycle + -ar. Cf. mod.F. caliculaire.] Relating to or composing a calycle (in its various senses).1658 Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii, Even the Autumnal buds, which await the return of the Sun, do after the winter solstice multiply their calicular...
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calix
‖ calix (ˈkælɪks) Pl. ˈcalices. [L. calix cup (see chalice). On account of the running together of this and the Græco-Latin calyx ‘outer covering of a fruit or flower-bud’ (cf. It. calice, Sp. caliz, F. calice), modern scientific writers rarely distinguish the two, but commonly write both as calyx. ...
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calicle
calicle Biol. (ˈkælɪk(ə)l) Also (erron.) calycle. [ad. L. caliculus, dim. of calix cup.] (See quot.)1848 Dana Zooph. ii. 16 note, Calicle..is used for the prominences which contain the cells in many corals. Ibid. iii. 20 Every calicle is the site of a polyp-flower. 1874 A. Wilson in Gd. Words. 703 A...
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