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calyculate

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[kuh-lik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / kəˈlɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany.
  1. of or resembling a calyculus.

  2. having a calyculus.


Etymology

Origin of calyculate

First recorded in 1680–90; calycul(us) + -ate 1

Example Sentences

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Involucre not much imbricate, scarcely calyculate; achenes oblong; pappus not copious.

From Project Gutenberg

The idea of a calyculate ancestor, though by no means connoting fixation, turned men’s minds in the direction of the fixed forms, simply because in them the calyx was best developed.

From Project Gutenberg