Definition of Calicular

1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a calyculus.

Exact synonyms: Calycular
Partainyms: Calyculus, Calyculus
Derivative terms: Calyculus, Calyculus

Definition of Calicular

1. a. Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calicular

caliciviridae infections
calicivirus
caliciviruses
calicle
calicles
calico
calico aster
calico bush
calico cat
calico cats
calico crab
calicoes
calicoplasty
calicos
calicotomy
calicular (current term)
caliculi
caliculus
caliculus gustatorius
calid
calidity
caliduct
caliducts
caliectasis
calif
califate
califates
california group viruses
californidine

Literary usage of Calicular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"X about 5 3. Enlarged view of costae. X 5 4. calicular view. X 5 Figured specimen in collection of Johns Hopkins University. no ..."

2. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1870)
"This is a good example of the extra calicular marginal ... It is extra calicular, for the septa of the parent corallite are intact and are not interfered ..."

3. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1866)
"It may occur within the calice, on the calicular margin, on any part of the wall between the calice and the base, and it may happen at the base. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"C. The calicular ... is the total want of a calicular theca." Professor Freeh gives different expression to the same idea; he states [6, p. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"Height ^ inch. Breadth of calicular margin 11 inch. Monstrosities arc often found amongst specimens of this species. ..."

6. Quarterly Journal by Geological Society of London (1864)
"The interspaces are filled with light reddish-brown silica for some depth below the former calicular margin ; but below the spots where the sclerenchyma ..."

7. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"In young specimens the calicular margins may be considerably elevated; but on old coralla there is only a slightly elevated ..."

8. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... the most luxuriant, the calicular leaves do still maintain that number. But nothing is more admired than the five brethren of the rose,8 and the strange ..."

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