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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)play

  Familiarity information: CALYX TUBE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALYX TUBE (noun)


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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