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PRONUNCIATION OF EPICALYX

epicalyx  [ˌɛpɪˈkeɪlɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPICALYX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epicalyx is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPICALYX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of epicalyx in the English dictionary

The definition of epicalyx in the dictionary is a series of small sepal-like bracts forming an outer calyx beneath the true calyx in some flowers.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPICALYX


anthelix
æntˈhiːlɪks
antihelix
ˌæntɪˈhiːlɪks
bollix
ˈbɒlɪks
bricks-and-clicks
ˌbrɪksəndˈklɪks
calix
ˈkeɪlɪks
calyx
ˈkeɪlɪks
cylix
ˈsaɪlɪks
flicks
flɪks
flix
flɪks
helix
ˈhiːlɪks
horlicks
ˈhɔːlɪks
hydraulics
haɪˈdrɒlɪks
kylix
ˈkaɪlɪks
nectocalyx
ˌnɛktəʊˈkeɪlɪks
pompholyx
ˈpɒmfəlɪks
prolix
ˈprəʊlɪks
salix
ˈseɪlɪks
spondulicks
spɒnˈduːlɪks
spondulix
spɒnˈdjuːlɪks
superhelix
ˈsuːpərˌhiːlɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPICALYX

epic
epic fail!
epic simile
epic-like
epical
epically
epicalyces
epicanthi
epicanthic
epicanthic fold
epicanthus
epicardia
epicardiac
epicardial
epicardium
epicarp
epicedia
epicedial
epicedian
epicedium

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPICALYX

apteryx
archaeopteryx
bombyx
bostryx
Ceyx
chalcedonyx
coccyx
Nyx
onyx
oryx
pyx
sardonyx
Styx

Synonyms and antonyms of epicalyx in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epicalyx» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPICALYX

Find out the translation of epicalyx to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

副萼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epicalyx
570 millions of speakers

English

epicalyx
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epicalyx
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epicalyx
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подчашием
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epicalyx
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epicalyx
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épicalice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epicalyx
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Außenkelch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epicalyx
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epicalyx
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epicalyx
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epicalyx
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எபிகேலிக்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपिलिक्यॅक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epicalyx
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epicalyx
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epicalyx
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

подчашием
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epicalyx
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epicalyx
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epicalyx
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epicalyx
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epicalyx
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epicalyx

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPICALYX»

The term «epicalyx» is used very little and occupies the 175.421 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPICALYX» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPICALYX»

Discover the use of epicalyx in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epicalyx and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences
This is especially true when the sepals are provided with stipules, which usually make their appearance collectively as a stipular epicalyx. This character is particularly well-known in the Potentilleae, to which the strawberries and cinquefoils ...
Focko Weberling, 1992
2
Flora Europaea
0-5 mm wide ; awn of epicalyx- scales usually patent 36. stenopetalus 31 Leaves e. 1 mm wide; awn of epicalyx- scales erect 37. moesiacus 29 Leaves flat 32 Bracts broadly ovate ; awn of epicalyx-scales shorter than wide part of scale, ...
T. G. Tutin, 1993
3
The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the ...
Basal leaves persistent in a rosette at flowering time 16 Calyx about 3 times as long as wide; epicalyx-bracts about half as long as calyx, with long terminal point 24. chinensis Calyx at least 4 times as long as wide; epicalyx-bracts one-quarter  ...
James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey, 2011
4
The European Garden Flora: Dicotyledons (Part I)
Epicalyx-bracts with terminal point less than half as long as calyx 2la. 4. giganteus Epicalyx-bracts with terminal point b. more than half as long as calyx 9 22a. Petal-blades 5-8 mm 3. cruentus b. Petal-blades 1-1.5 cm 23a. 7. carthusianorum ...
Stuart Max Walters, 1989
5
New Flora of the British Isles
New Zealand Mallow Woody shrubs; epicalyx 0; petals white; carpels 5(-6); stigmas capitate; fruit breaking into numerous 1-seeded nutlets. 1. H. populnea A. Cunn. - New Zealand Mallow. Evergreen shrub potentially to 10m; leaves 7-14cm , ...
Clive Stace, 2010
6
Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia: The ...
The fruit Okra is obtained from Hibiscus esculentus and H cannabinus, Kenaf, is a fibre plant of the tropics. RECOGNITION Most plants have at least 3 bracts below the sepals (epicalyx); the stamens are fused into a solid central structure, the ...
Roger Spencer, 1997
7
An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India
Epicalyx with 3-10 segments, usually free, sometimes connate, rarely 0. Calyx- tube campanulate, 5-lobed/parted, distinctly nerved, often with nectaries. Petals 5 , showy. Staminal column as long as, shorter, or rarely longer, than petals, dentate ...
K. M. Matthew, 1995
8
Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, ...
7. TRIBE ULMARIEAE Vent. Herbs. Leaves pinnate; stipules +. Hypanthium open at top. Epicalyx 0. Petals +. Pistils several; stylodia terminal; ovules 2, pendulous. Fruits indehiscent, 1 -seeded, x = 7. 28. Filipendula Mill. Filipendula Mill., Gard.
Klaus Kubitzki, 2004
9
Field Flora of the British Isles
MALVACEAE - Mallow family Annual to perennial herbs or sometimes shrubs; easily recognized by the flowers with 5 petals ± free but often fused at extreme base, with stamens united into a tube round the carpels, and usually with an epicalyx ...
Clive A. Stace, 1999
10
Flora of the British Isles
Epicalyx 0. Calyx-tube inflated, glabrous, with 5 sharp angles or wings and 5 triangular teeth. Petals pale rose-coloured, the limb cuneate, rounded or somewhat emarginate, toothed; coronal scales 0. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule globular ...
A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin, D. M. Moore, 1990

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