Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)Calyculus

More definitions
  • a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
  • a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus

Origin

From Latin calyculus (“small flower bud, calyx”), diminutive of calyx. See calyx and compa

From Latin calyculus (“small flower bud, calyx”), diminutive of calyx. See calyx and compare calicle. By surface analysis, calyc- + -le.

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Forms

plural: calycles
Singularcalycle
Pluralcalycles

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp):calyculuscaliculus
  • a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus:epicalyxfalse calyxcalyculus

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcalycled

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
calquecalumnycalvecalzonecamcamaraderie

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