calyx tube

1. 1.

   the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)

   Synonymshypanthiumfloral cup

   Broaderplant organ

Questions about calyx tube

What does calyx tube mean?

calyx tube means "the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)".

What is another word for calyx tube?

Close synonyms include hypanthium, floral cup. 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 calyx tube a common word?

calyx tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.