A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)

• A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) A row of small bracts at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus [syn: epicalyx , false calyx , calyculus ] a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) [syn: calyculus , caliculus ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calicle \Cal"i*cle\, n. [L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle .] (Zo["o]l.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. One of the cuplike structures ...