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Noun: calyculus  ku'likyulus
  1. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
    - epicalyx, false calyx, calycle
     
  2. A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
    - caliculus, calycle

See also: calycled, calycular

Type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, bract, complex body part, structure

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Calycanthus occidentalis
calyceal
calycinal
calycine
calycle
calycled
Calycophyllum
Calycophyllum candidissimum
calycular
calyculate
calyculus
Calymmatobacterium
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
calypso
Calypso
Calypso bulbosa
calypter
calyptra
calyptrate
Calyptridium umbellatum
Calystegia