calycine

[ kal-uh-sin, -sahyn ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or resembling a calyx.

calycine

/ kəˈlɪsɪnəl; ˈkælɪˌsaɪn /

adjective

1. relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx

Word History and Origins

Origin of calycine¹

1810–20; < Latin calyc- (stem of calyx calyx ) + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

From Project Gutenberg

In Primula or Pedicularis, where the venation is clearly laminar, the tubular portion is distinctly calycine.

From Project Gutenberg

Increased number of parts in the calycine, corolline, and carpellary whorls respectively.

From Project Gutenberg

Mussænda, Pinckneya, Calycophyllum, one or more of the calycine lobes are normally dilated and petaloid, the others remaining small and comparatively inconspicuous.

From Project Gutenberg