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Calyculus

//kəˈlɪkjələs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any cup-shaped structure.
  2. 2
    a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) wordnet
  3. 3
    A group of bracts resembling an outer calyx. British
  4. 4
    a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus wordnet

Etymology

From Latin calyculus (“small flower bud, calyx”), diminutive of calyx. By surface analysis, calyc- + -ulus.

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