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Chaliced :: Chaliced (a.) Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.

Achlamydeous :: Achlamydeous (a.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla..

Vase :: Vase (n.) The calyx of a plant.

Sexifid :: Sexifid (a.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary..

Nectocalyx :: Nectocalyx (n.) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ..

Nectocalyx :: Nectocalyx (n.) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.

Euryale :: Euryale (n.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food..

Diphyllous :: Diphyllous (a.) Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc..

Perigynous :: Perigynous (a.) Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach..

Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc..

Dichlamydeous :: Dichlamydeous (a.) Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla..

Callyciflorous :: Callyciflorous (a.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Denticulated :: Denticulated (a.) Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx..

Triseralous :: Triseralous (a.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves..

Pappus :: Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order..

Calyculated :: Calyculated (a.) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

Carinated :: Carinated (a.) Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird)..

Gonocalyx :: Gonocalyx (n.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid.

Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous..

Inserted :: Inserted (a.) Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle..

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