a. [f. L. calicul-us, dim. of calix a cup + -AR.] See also CALYCULAR.

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  † 1.  ? Resembling a little cup (? or perh. = CALYCULAR). Obs.

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1658.  Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, iii. 124. Contemplating the calicular shafts [of the teasel] and uncous disposure of their extremities.

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  2.  Biol. Of or pertaining to a calicle.

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1849.  Murchison, Siluria, x. 221. They … produce their young clusters through this marginal calicular development.

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1872.  H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., 94. Three chief forms of gemmation … amongst the compound Zoantharia—viz. basal, parietal, and calicular.

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  Hence Calicularly adv.

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1846.  Dana, Zooph., iv. § 60. The coralla … may be described as calicularly branched.

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