Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Biology A small cup-shaped structure.
  • noun Botany A group of small bracts that resembles a calyx.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as calycle, 1.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology any cup-shaped structure.
  • noun botany A group of bracts resembling an outer calyx.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin, diminutive of calyx, calyc-, calyx; see calyx.]

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