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Calyx

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Calyx"

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Word	Definition
adnate	(botany, mycology) Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
monosepalous	(botany, of a calyx) having all sepals united
gamosepalous	(botany, of a calyx) Having united sepals.
toothed	(of an animal) Having teeth.
cupnoun	A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
kraternoun	(historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
chalicenoun	A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
glassnoun	(usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
campanulate	Shaped like a bell.
sepalnoun	(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.
corollanoun	(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
perianthnoun	(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
calycophyllnoun	(botany) A leaf-like structure formed from a sepal or calyx lobe which enlarges, usually many-fold, before or after anthesis, especially when most of the sepals or calyx lobes retain their original size.
calyculusnoun	(zoology) Any cup-shaped structure.
calyptranoun	(botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
petalnoun	(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
tepalnoun	(botany) Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.
pericliniumnoun	(botany) The involucre that surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.
epicalyxnoun	(botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx
hypsophyllnoun	(botany) A bract or bracteole.