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

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)

Stipe short, not more than double the sporangium; net and calyculus both well developed 9.

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)

The obconic calyculus is always represented in the outline if not in definite structure.

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)

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 well-defined calyculus is narrowed below and eroded or denticulate above.

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)

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 MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)