epicalyx

American  

[ep-i-key-liks, -kal-iks] / ˌɛp ɪˈkeɪ lɪks, -ˈkæl ɪks /

noun

Botany.

plural

epicalyxes, epicalyces

1. an involucre resembling an outer calyx, as in the mallow.

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epicalyx British  

/ -ˈkæl-, ˌɛpɪˈkeɪlɪks /

noun

1. botany a series of small sepal-like bracts forming an outer calyx beneath the true calyx in some flowers

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Etymology

Origin of epicalyx

First recorded in 1865–70; epi- + calyx

Example Sentences

In Malvaceae an epicalyx is formed by the bracteoles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

In Potentilla and allied genera an epicalyx is formed by the development of stipules from the sepals, which form an apparent outer calyx, the parts of which alternate with the true sepals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

In some Rosaceous plants an epicalyx is present, due to the formation of stipulary structures by the sepals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Pleiotaxy or repetition of the calyx.—The true calyx is very seldom affected in this manner, unless such organs as the epicalyx of mallows, Potentilla, &c., be considered as really parts of the calyx.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

These structures are of the nature of an epicalyx.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various