CALYCULATE Definition & Meaning

calyculate

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Botany.

of or resembling a calyculus.
having a calyculus.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of calyculate¹

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

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Example Sentences

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

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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.

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