| Noun | 1. calycle - a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscuscalyculus, epicalyx, false calyxbract - a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | | 2.calycle - a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)caliculus, calyculusoptic cup, eyecup - (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retinaanatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" |