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calyculate, a. Bot.|kəˈlɪkjʊleɪt|
[f. L. calycul-us calycle + -ate2 2. Cf. F. caliculé.]
Having a calycle. So formerly caˈlyculated, (having fruit) enclosed in a calyx or involucre.
1690Sloane in Phil. Trans. XVII. 466 Calyculated Berries of the bigness of a large Pea. 1693Ibid. 928 Such..have the Calyx of their Flower non deciduous, in which the Fruit standeth as in a Cup, and these he calls Calyculated Fruits. 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 95 Of Trees which bear berries, and are umbilicated or caliculated. 1880Gray Bot. Text-bk. 400 Calyculate, bearing bracts next to the calyx which imitate an external or accessory calyx. |