calyculate

[ kuh-lik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. of or resembling a calyculus.
2. having a calyculus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of calyculate¹

First recorded in 1680–90; calycul(us) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Involucre not much imbricate, scarcely calyculate; achenes oblong; pappus not copious.

From Project Gutenberg

The idea of a calyculate ancestor, though by no means connoting fixation, turned men’s minds in the direction of the fixed forms, simply because in them the calyx was best developed.

From Project Gutenberg