Part 1570

<h1>Calycinal, Calycine</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw><hw>Ca*lyc"i*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cal"y*cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.</def>

<h1>Calycle</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"y*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>calyculus</ets> small flower bud, calyx, dim. of <ets>calyx</ets>. See <er>Calyx</er>, and cf. <er>Calicle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.</def>

<h1>Calycled</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"y*cled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Calyculate.</def>

<h1>Calycozoa</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal`y*co*zo"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, cup or calyx a flower + <?/ animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of acalephs of which <i>Lucernaria</i> is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See <er>Lucernarida</er>.</def>

<h1>Calycular</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lyc"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.</def>

<h1>Calyculate, Calyculated</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw><hw>Ca*lyc"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*lyc"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.</def>

<h1>Calymene</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lym"e*ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. (<?/) concealed, p. p. of <?/ to conceal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.</def>

<h1>Calyon</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"yon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.</def>

<i>Haliwell.</i>

<h1>Calypso</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lyp"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The <spn>Calypso borealis</spn> is the only orchid which reaches 68&deg; N.</def>

<h1>Calyptra</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lyp"tra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a covering for the head, fr. <?/ to cover.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flaskike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.</def>

<h1>Calyptriform</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lyp"tri*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Calyptra</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.</def>

<h1>Calyx</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca"lyx</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Calyxes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Calyces</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>calyx</ets>, <ets>-ycis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ husk, shell, calyx, from the root of <?/ to cover, conceal. Cf. <er>Chalice Helmet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The covering of a flower. See <er>Flower</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>calyx</i> is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone and the four-o'clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called a <i>sepal</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papil\'91.</def>

<h1>Calzoons</h1> <Xpage=205>