Definition of Calycular

1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a calyculus.

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

Definition of Calycular

1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.

Definition of Calycular

1. Adjective. (botany) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calycular

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calycular

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

Literary usage of Calycular

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

1. Colorado College Studies by Colorado College, Colorado Scientific Society (1890)
"... breadth at right angle to line of maximum breadth 95. height 29; average diameter of calyces, including half of the inter- calycular walls 2. thickness ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"... and the calycular appendages may be viewed as a distinct calyx, alike in both instances; and hence, with equal reason in one case as in the other, ..."

3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"The-calycular plates are finely and beautifully striate, the striations running parallel with the plate sutures. ..."

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