| 释义 |
calycine, a.|ˈkælɪsaɪn, -ɪn|
[f. L. calyc-em (calyx) + -ine.]
Of or belonging to the calyx; resembling a calyx.
1. Bot.
1816Colebrooke Asiat. Res. XII. 539 Embraced at the base by the calycine hemispherical cup. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 218 The symmetry of the stamens, corolline and calycine segments. 1861S. Thomson Wild Fl. iii. (ed. 4) 239 Calycine sepals.
2. Biol. and Phys. (See calyx 2.)
1872Nicholson Palæont. 133 Sphæronites has each calycine plate perforated by two pores. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. ii. 96 A calycine investment for the whole animal. |