Definition of Calyculus

1. Noun. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.

Exact synonyms: Calycle, Epicalyx, False Calyx
Generic synonyms: Bract

2. Noun. A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp).
Exact synonyms: Caliculus, Calycle
Specialized synonyms: Eyecup, Optic Cup
Generic synonyms: Anatomical Structure, Bodily Structure, Body Structure, Complex Body Part, Structure
Derivative terms: Calicular, Calycular

Definition of Calyculus

1. Noun. (zoology) any cup-shaped structure. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) A group of bracts resembling an outer calyx. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calyculus

1. a small, cup-shaped structure [n -LI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calyculus

calyces
calyciform
calyciform ending
calycinal
calycine
calycle
calycled
calycles
calycoid
calycular
calyculate
calycule
calycules
calyculi
calyculin A
calyculus (current term)
calymmatobacterium
calyon
calyons
calypses
calypsoes
calypsolike
calypsonian
calypsonians
calypsos
calypter
calypters
calyptra
calyptrae

Literary usage of Calyculus

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

1. Phycologia Australica; or, A history of Australian seaweeds by William Henry Harvey (1863)
"... fibres have not been yet observed in A. calyculus, there can be little doubt that the scars denote the spots from which fibres have fallen. ..."

2. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1895)
"Peziza calyculus, Sowerby, Eng. Fungi, pl. 116. ... calyculus, Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 136. On wood and branches. Sowerby's type specimen, figured in ..."

3. The Genera of Recent Mollusca: Arranged According to Their Organization by Henry Adams, Arthur Adams (1858)
"Operculum, M. calyculus, fig. 3, a, 3, b. In this genus the umbilicus is furnished with a thick, spiral callus, dilated anteriorly where it joins the ..."

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