epicalyx

American

[ep-i-key-liks, -kal-iks] / ˌɛp ɪˈkeɪ lɪks, -ˈkæl ɪks /

noun

Botany.

an involucre resembling an outer calyx, as in the mallow.

epicalyx British

/ -ˈkæl-, ˌɛpɪˈkeɪlɪks /

noun

botany a series of small sepal-like bracts forming an outer calyx beneath the true calyx in some flowers

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

epicalyxes

plural
epicalyces

plural

Etymology

Origin of epicalyx

First recorded in 1865–70; epi- + calyx

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