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calycine

calycine adjective: resembling or relating to a calyx.

Adjective

calycine (comparative more calycine, superlative most calycine)

  1. Resembling or relating to a calyx.

Forms of calycine

comparativemore calycine
superlativemost calycine
alternative formcalycinal

Origin of calycine

From calyc- + -ine.

Questions about calycine

What does calycine mean?
Calycine means resembling or relating to a calyx.
What part of speech is calycine?
Calycine is an adjective.

Words near calycine in the dictionary

  1. calycifloral
  2. calyciflorous
  3. calyciform
  4. calycin
  5. calycinal
  6. calycine
  7. calycins
  8. calycle
  9. calycled
  10. calycles
  11. calycoid

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