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‖ Calycanthus Bot.|kælɪˈkænθəs| [mod.L., f. Gr. κάλυκ- calyx + ἄνθος flower.] A North American genus of shrubs; esp. Calycanthus floridus or Carolina Allspice.
1864C. M. Yonge Trial I. 190 Come and reach me down some calycanthus out of the greenhouse. 1884Stevenson Silver. Squatt. 267 Cal[y]canthus crept, like a hardy weed, all over our rough parlor. |