CALYCLE

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

  synonyms : caliculus , calyculus

• (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus

  synonyms : calyculus , epicalyx , false calyx

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