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Radiale :: Radiale (n.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.

Anthophore :: Anthophore (n.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family..

Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous..

Vase :: Vase (n.) The calyx of a plant.

Perianth :: Perianth (n.) The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished..

Achlamydeous :: Achlamydeous (a.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla..

Icosandria :: Icosandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx..

Cypsela :: Cypsela (n.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent..

Induplicate :: Induplicate (a.) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.

Pelvis :: Pelvis (n.) The calyx of a crinoid.

Hermaphrodite :: Hermaphrodite (n.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helmi

Sexifid :: Sexifid (a.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary..

Lacinia :: Lacinia (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf..

Acalysinous :: Acalysinous (a.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope..

Octofid :: Octofid (a.) Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx..

Quincuncial :: Quincuncial () Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial aestivation..

Lid :: Lid (n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti..

Somatocyst :: Somatocyst (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

Calycle :: Calycle (n.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside..

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx..

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