a. Bot. [f. CALYCINE + -AL.] = CALYCINE 1.
1831. J. Davies, Manual Mat. Med., 453. Salicineæ male flowers, calicinal scale supporting an unilocular ovary.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), I. 386. While the calycinal protuberance is making its appearance.