calicle
noun
a cuplike depression or formation, as in corals.
calicular
-
a word derived from
calicle.
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Young specimen, with buds or corallites on the disk, illustrating calicular gemmation. b.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
