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calycine

American

[kal-uh-sin, -sahyn] / ˈkæl ə sɪn, -ˌsaɪn /

Also calycinal

adjective

pertaining to or resembling a calyx.

calycine British

/ kəˈlɪsɪnəl, ˈkælɪˌsaɪn /

adjective

relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx

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Etymology

Origin of calycine

1810–20; < Latin calyc- (stem of calyx calyx ) + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

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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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