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calycoid

calycoid adjective: resembling a calyx.

Adjective

calycoid (comparative more calycoid, superlative most calycoid)

  1. Resembling a calyx.

Forms of calycoid

comparativemore calycoid
superlativemost calycoid

Origin of calycoid

From calyc- + -oid.

Questions about calycoid

What does calycoid mean?
Calycoid means resembling a calyx.
What part of speech is calycoid?
Calycoid is an adjective.

Words near calycoid in the dictionary

  1. calycine
  2. calycins
  3. calycle
  4. calycled
  5. calycles
  6. calycoid
  7. calycophoran
  8. calycophorans
  9. calycophore
  10. calycophores
  11. calycophyll

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