calyculus

American  

[kuh-lik-yuh-luhs] / kəˈlɪk jə 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• calyculi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of calyculus

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

Example Sentences

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calyculus calyculi

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

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

Dr. Rex, l. c., has pointed out the lack of reticulation on the capillitium and calyculus.

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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

Sporangium large, depressed-globose, the apex umbilicate, stipitate, cernuous, dark purple in color; calyculus usually wholly wanting, the ribs united by weak fibers, which are easily torn asunder, allowing the ribs to curl up inwards.

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

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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

This is so frail that the slightest breath ofttimes suffices to effect a separation, and the empty calyculi are not infrequently the only evidence of the fructification.

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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride