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epicalyx

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ep⋅i⋅ca⋅lyx

  [ep-i-key-liks, -kal-iks]
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–noun, plural -ca⋅lyx⋅es, -ca⋅ly⋅ces  [-key-luh-seez, -kal-uh-] . Botany.
an involucre resembling an outer calyx, as in the mallow.
Origin:
1865–70; epi- + calyx
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ep·i·ca·lyx   (ěp'ĭ-kā'lĭks, -kāl'ĭks)   
n.   pl. ep·i·ca·lyx·es or ep·i·ca·ly·ces (-kā'lĭ-sēz', -kāl'ĭ-)
A series of bracts subtending and resembling a calyx, as in the carnation and hibiscus.
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