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noun
calyculus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: calyculus, caliculus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
Narrower terms: optic cup, eyecup
noun
a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: epicalyx, false calyx, calyculus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bract
History
From Latin calyculus (“small flower bud, calyx”), diminutive of calyx. See calyx and compare calicle. By surface analysis, calyc- + -le.
