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Calycle Moderate

Calycle has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus

2

a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)

3

A row of small bracts at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

See Also
calyx calycular bract
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bract structure
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
optic cup
Rhyming Words
cle icle secle macle cycle sicle socle uncle zocle circle sarcle boucle surcle guncle mascle oracle acicle icicle nuncle muscle
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