Bot. [ad. L. calycul-us (which is now often used instead), dim. of calyx.]

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  1.  A little calyx: a. A row of bracts or leaves surrounding the base of the calyx, and resembling a smaller outer calyx. b. The outer proper covering or crown of the seed, adhering to it to facilitate its dispersion. † c. Formerly, the outer envelope of a bud.

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1731.  Bailey, vol. II., Calycle, with Botanists, a small bud of a plant.

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1803.  Rees, Cycl., Calycle, a term invented by Vaillant to express a series of leaves surrounding the base of the calyx.

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1880.  Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 400. Calyculus. An involucre or involucel imitating an additional calyx.

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  2.  Erroneous form of CALICLE.

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  Hence Calycled a., having a calycle, calyculate.

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1794.  Martyn, Rousseau’s Bot., xxvi. 378, note. The calyx is … calycled, or furnished with a second set of leaflets at the base.

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1810.  Encycl. Lond., I. 683/1. Calycled andromeda.

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