? Obs. [same deriv. as next.] Grew’s name for a ‘congeries of little stony knots’ in a pear.
1674. Grew, Anat. Plants, vi. § 3. The Calculary (most observable in rough-tasted, or Choak-Pears) is a Congeries of little stony Knots. Ibid. (1677), Anat. Fruits, ii. § 6. Tartareous Grains … in some Pears … almost as hard as a Plum-stone; which I have thereupon named the Calculary.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., The calculary is no vital, or essential part of the fruit.
1852. Smith, Eng. & Fr. Dict., Calculary, pierre.
