ɪˈkeɪ noun, plural ep·i·ca·lyx·es, ep·i·ca·ly·ces 
[-key-luh-seez, -kal-uh-] . Botany.
[-key-luh-seez, -kal-uh-] . Botany. an involucre resembling an outer calyx, as in the mallow.
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| —n , pl -lyxes, -lyces | |
| botany a series of small sepal-like bracts forming an outer calyx beneath the true calyx in some flowers | |
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