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Definition of Calycles
1. calycle [n] - See also: calycle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calycles
Literary usage of Calycles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1891)
"B. calycles adnate, disposed along the stem and branches. ... calycles cylindrical
and disposed on all sides of stem Salacia. b. ..."
2. British Zoophytes: An Introduction to the Hydroida, Actinozoa, and Polyzoa by Arthur Stuart Pennington (1885)
"IA, calycles and gono- phore enlarged, p. 112. .'. ... IA, calycles enlarged, p.
129. 2. Corbula of A. pluma, see p. 128. ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1874)
"We know it to consist of a branching stem, bearing lesser branches, on which two
kinds of bodies—the lesser calycles and the larger ..."
4. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1874)
"The tubular offsets have been usually regarded as equivalent to the calycles in
the recent species ; but Allman, from an examination of their structure, ..."
5. By the Deep Sea: A Popular Introduction to the Wild Life of the British Shores by Edward Step (1896)
"... are frequently spoken of as Sea-firs, the arrangement of the calycles giving
some species a very close resemblance to the branches of fir-trees. ..."
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