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calycine
Also ca·lyc·i·nal
[kal-uh-sin, -sahyn]
adjective
pertaining to or resembling a calyx.
calycine
/ kəˈlɪsɪnəl, ˈkælɪˌsaɪn /
adjective
relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
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Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
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Mussænda, Pinckneya, Calycophyllum, one or more of the calycine lobes are normally dilated and petaloid, the others remaining small and comparatively inconspicuous.
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Increased number of parts in the calycine, corolline, and carpellary whorls respectively.
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In Primula or Pedicularis, where the venation is clearly laminar, the tubular portion is distinctly calycine.
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