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Definition of False calyx
1. Noun. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Calyx
Literary usage of False calyx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Flowers bright yellow, with a false calyx of red bracts ; in roundish heads on
a tall scape. Introduced from Brazil, 1862. ..."
2. Annual Report by Missouri Botanical Garden (1895)
"231) on the other hand speaks of the absence of both calyx and corolla, In
agreement with Bâillon, who speaks of the whorl of scales as a false calyx (I. e. ..."
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