1. Noun
A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.
2. Noun
a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
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3. Noun
a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
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