The calyx or involucre of a flower. Obsolete.

Botany. Applied by early botanists to the calyx, and, in composite flowers, to the involucre. Obsolete.

= perianth, n. 1a.

a (short) calyx.

Botany. The whorl of leaves (sepals), either separate or grown together, and usually green, forming the outer envelope in which the flower is…

The calyx of a flower. Obsolete.

A calyx or other growth resembling a vase.

(a) the calyx; (b) the cup-shaped receptacle formed by a flower.

A structure surrounding or forming the outer part of a flower. A part of a flower outside the corolla; a calyx. Also: an involucre, esp. of a…

The encompassing calyx of certain fruits.