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Calycle

A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

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Bract 76% connected

A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Eyecup 76% connected

A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- ca…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Calicular 74% connected

Alt. of Caliculate

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Calicular 74% connected

Alt. of Caliculate

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Calycular 74% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Calycular 74% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Acorn cup noun · 78% connection

cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Awn noun · 78% connection

slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base moti…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Basi- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Bibracteate adjective · 78% connection

Furnished with, or having, two bracts.

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Bougainvillaea noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts.

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Bracteate adjective · 78% connection

Having a bract or bracts.

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Bracted adjective · 78% connection

Furnished with bracts.

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Bractless adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of bracts.

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Calycine adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Calyculated adjective · 78% connection

Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Chaff noun · 78% connection

The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.

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Coma noun · 78% connection

A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the in…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Cone noun · 78% connection

cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Cornel noun · 78% connection

a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Cupule noun · 78% connection

cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn

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Dado noun · 78% connection

In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, bracts, base, calyx, outside.
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Ebracteate adjective · 78% connection

Without bracts.

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