a. Bot. [f. as prec. + -FORM; cf. mod.F. caliciforme.]
Having the form of a calyx, calyx-shaped. Also erroneous spelling of CALICIFORM cup-shaped.
1831. J. Davies, Manual Mat. Med., 453. Male flowers in elongate aments, caliciform scale diversely shaped.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 463. Woodsia … involucre inferior, membranous, at first calyciform.
