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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: ↑caliculus, ↑calycle

• Derivationally related forms: ↑calycular, ↑calicular

• Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑body structure

• Hyponyms: ↑optic cup, ↑eyecup

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/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]

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calyculus /-likˈū-/ noun

A cup-like structure

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Main Entry: ↑calyx

Useful english dictionary. 2012.