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Calycle — Cal y*cle, n. [L.calyculus small flower bud, calyx, dim. of calyx. See {Calyx}, and cf. {Calicle}.] (Bot.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calycle — [kā′li kəl] n. 〚see CALYCULUS〛 EPICALYX * * * … Universalium
calycle — [kā′li kəl] n. [see CALYCULUS] EPICALYX … English World dictionary
calyculus — noun 1. a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus • Syn: ↑epicalyx, ↑false calyx, ↑calycle • Hypernyms: ↑bract 2. a small cup shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
calycle — noun 1. a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus • Syn: ↑epicalyx, ↑false calyx, ↑calyculus • Hypernyms: ↑bract 2. a small cup shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) • Syn … Useful english dictionary
calyculus — n.; pl. li [Gr. dim. kalyx, cup] 1. Any cup shaped structure; calycle. 2. (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) A cavity of a coral containing the polyps … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
calyculus — /keuh lik yeuh leuhs/, n., pl. calyculi / luy /. 1. Zool. Also, caliculus. a structure shaped like a cup. 2. Bot. a set of bracts resembling an outer calyx. Also called calycle /kal i keuhl/. [ < L, equiv. to calyc (s. of calyx CALYX) + ulus ULE] … Universalium
calycle — cal·y·cle kal i kəl n CALYCULUS … Medical dictionary
calycle — /ˈkæləkəl/ (say kaluhkuhl) noun a set of bracts resembling an outer calyx. {Latin calyculus, diminutive of calyx calyx} …
caliculus — A bud shaped or cup shaped structure, resembling the closed calyx of a flower. SYN: calycle, calyculus. [L. dim. from G. kalyx, the cup of a flower] c. gustatorius SYN: taste bud. c. ophthalmicus SYN: optic cup. * * * ca·lic·u·lus (kə likґu… … Medical dictionary
