calyculus

American  

[kuh-lik-yuh-luhs] / kəˈlɪk yə ləs /

noun

plural

calyculi

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

Sporangium oblong-ovoid, stipitate; the calyculus small, thin, smooth.

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

Sporangium ovoid, more or less elongated; the calyculus small, plicate-sulcate.

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

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)

The outer membrane of the calyculus is by no means always absent.

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

The calyculus is often entirely absent, and this has been supposed the typical condition; but, on the contrary, there often may present itself a cup as distinct as in C. aurantiaca.

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)