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Pentachenium :: Pentachenium (n.) A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity..

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx..

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

Cynarrhodium :: Cynarrhodium (n.) A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes..

Pink :: Pink (v. t.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx..

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

Caryophyllaceous :: Caryophyllaceous (a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.

Carinated :: Carinated (a.) Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird)..

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

Polyphyllous :: Polyphyllous (a.) Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth..

Adherent :: Adherent (a.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals..

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..

Larkspur :: Larkspur (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee..

Nematocalyx :: Nematocalyx (n.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia..

Chaliced :: Chaliced (a.) Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.

Tubular :: Tubular (a.) Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes..

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

Antisepalous :: Antisepalous (a.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf..

Diphyllous :: Diphyllous (a.) Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc..

Calyxes :: Calyxes (pl. ) of Caly.

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