HyperDic: epicalyx

English > 1 sense of the word epicalyx:
NOUNplantepicalyx, false calyx, calycle, calyculusa group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
English > epicalyx: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.
Synonymsfalse calyx, calycle, calyculus
BroaderbractA modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Spanishcalículo
Catalancalicle, epicalze

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