calycine

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling a calyx

   Synonymscalycealcalycinal

   botany

Questions about calycine

What does calycine mean?

calycine means "of or relating to or resembling a calyx".

How many syllables are in calycine?

calycine has 3 syllables: ca-ly-cine. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for calycine?

Close synonyms include calyceal, calycinal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calycine a common word?

calycine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.