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calyculate

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ca⋅lyc⋅u⋅late

  [kuh-lik-yuh-lit, -leyt]
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–adjective Botany.
1. of or resembling a calyculus.
2. having a calyculus.
Origin:
1680–90; calycul(us) + -ate 1
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ca·lyc·u·lus   (kə-lĭk'yə-ləs)   
n.   pl. ca·lyc·u·li (-lī')

  1. Biology A small cup-shaped structure.

  2. Botany A group of small bracts that resembles a calyx.


[Latin, diminutive of calyx, calyc-, calyx; see calyx.]
ca·lyc'u·lar adj., ca·lyc'u·late (-lĭt, lāt') adj.
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