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CALYX TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calyx tube mean?
• CALYX TUBE (noun)
The noun CALYX TUBE has 1 sense:
1. the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
Familiarity information: CALYX TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
calyx tube; floral cup; hypanthium
Hypernyms ("calyx tube" is a kind of...):
plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)
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