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    CALYCULUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)play

    Synonyms:

    caliculus; calycle; calyculus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("calyculus" is a kind of...):

    anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calyculus"):

    eyecup; optic cup ((embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina)

    Derivation:

    calicular; calycular (relating to or resembling a calyculus)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscusplay

    Synonyms:

    calycle; calyculus; epicalyx; false calyx

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("calyculus" is a kind of...):

    bract (a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence)

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