Definition of Calycoid

1. like a calix [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calycoid

calx
calxes
calycanthus
calycanthus family
calycanthuses
calycate
calyceal
calyces
calyciform
calyciform ending
calycinal
calycine
calycle
calycled
calycles
calycoid (current term)
calycular
calyculate
calycule
calycules
calyculi
calyculin A
calyculus
calymmatobacterium
calyon
calyons
calypses
calypsoes
calypsolike

Literary usage of Calycoid

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

1. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"... may be distinguished from the preceding by its grass-like habit and calycoid perigone. It probably represents the oldest group of the order. ..."

2. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Decaisne, Emmanuel Le Maout (1876)
"... which should have been modified in 184. Alpine Strawberry. 185. Rumex. 180. Lily. Carpel cut vertically. Flower with a double calycoid perianth. ..."

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