calyculus

American  

[kuh-lik-yuh-luhs] / kəˈlɪk yə ləs /

noun

calyculi plural

1. Zoology. Also a structure shaped like a cup.

2. Botany. a set of bracts resembling an outer calyx.

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Etymology

Origin of calyculus

< Latin, equivalent to calyc- (stem of calyx calyx ) + -ulus -ule

Example Sentences

Purple tints confined chiefly to plasmodic granules on the calyculus and stipe.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Sporangia regular, oblong-ovoid, stipitate; the wall a thin delicate membrane, the upper part disappearing at maturity, leaving the basal portion as a small calyculus.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangium ovoid; the calyculus very small, finely ribbed and granulose.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangium ovoid or oblong-ovoid; the calyculus very small.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangium cylindric; the calyculus small, granulose, ribbed and sulcate.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)