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calicular, a.|kəˈlɪkjʊlər|
[f. L. calicul-us, dim. of calix a cup + -ar.]
See also calycular.
†1. ? Resembling a little cup (? or perh. = calycular). Obs.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 124 Contemplating the calicular shafts [of the teasel] and uncous disposure of their extremities.
2. Biol. Of or pertaining to a calicle.
1849Murchison Siluria x. 221 They..produce their young clusters through this marginal calicular development. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 94 Three chief forms of gemmation..amongst the compound Zoantharia—viz. basal, parietal, and calicular.
Hence caˈlicularly adv.
1846Dana Zooph. iv. §60 The coralla..may be described as calicularly branched. |