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CALYCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calycle" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calycle"):
eyecup; optic cup ((embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
Synonyms:
calycle; calyculus; epicalyx; false calyx
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calycle" is a kind of...):
bract (a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence)
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