Botany Dictionary

  • Calyculus

    Calyculus

    A small cup-shaped structure or epicalyx below the true calyx.

  • Calyptra

    Calyptra

    A cap-like covering, especially the hood over the capsule in mosses or the operculum in some flowers.

  • Calyptrate

    Calyptrate

    Having or bearing a calyptra.

  • Calyptrogen

    Calyptrogen

    The meristematic tissue that gives rise to the root cap in plants.

  • Calyx

    Calyx

    The outermost whorl of floral organs, composed of sepals, typically protecting the flower bud.

  • Calyx lobe

    Calyx lobe

    The free, projecting part of a fused calyx.

  • Calyx tube

    Calyx tube

    The fused, tubular portion of a gamosepalous calyx.

  • Cambium

    Cambium

    The lateral meristem responsible for secondary growth, producing xylem inward and phloem outward.

  • Campanulate

    Campanulate

    Bell-shaped, referring to flower corollas or other structures.

  • Campylotropous

    Campylotropous

    An ovule that is curved so both micropyle and chalaza are near each other.