Found 2 items, similar to calycle.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: calycle calycle n 1: a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus [syn: epicalyx, false calyx, calyculus] 2: a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) [syn: calyculus, caliculus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: calycle Calicle \Cal"i*cle\, n. [L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. [Written also calycle. See Calycle.] [1913 Webster]