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Word: Epicalyx
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Arthur Henfrey (d. 1859), botanist. From epi- + calyx, after scientific Latin epicalyx
Definition:
A whorl of sepal-like parts located immediately beneath the calyx in the flowers of certain plants.
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