Acalycine

/eɪˈkælɪsaɪn/ adjective

Definition

Lacking a calyx; referring to flowers or plants that do not have the characteristic cup-like sepals at the flower's base.

Etymology

From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'kalyx' (calyx) + Latin '-ine' (relating to). The '-ine' suffix is an alternative to '-al' for forming adjectives in botanical terminology.

Kelly Says

Botanists had multiple Latin and Greek suffixes to choose from when creating technical terms—'acalycine' and 'acalycal' mean the same thing, but '-ine' tends to appear in older botanical texts while '-al' became more standardized in modern usage.

Translations

AFAfrikaans
sondeloos
AMአማርኛ
አካላይ Cina
ah-ka-lay-chee-nah
ARالعربية
أكاليسين
ak-a-li-seen
BGБългарски
безцветен
BNবাংলা
অ্যাকালিসিন
ok-a-li-sin
CACatalà
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
CSČeština
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
DADansk
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
DEDeutsch
Akalizin
ah-ka-lee-zin
ELΕλληνικά
ακαλυκίνη
ah-ka-lee-kee-nee
ESEspañol
acalicina
ah-ka-lee-thee-nah
ETEesti
värvitu
EUEuskara
mugagabe
FAفارسی
اکالیسین
ah-ka-li-seen
FISuomi
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
FRFrançais
acalycine
ah-ka-lee-seen
GLGalego
sen color
GUGU
અકેલીસિન
ah-ke-li-sin
HAHA
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
HEעברית
אקליצין
ah-ka-li-tsin
HIहिन्दी
अकालीसिन
a-ka-lee-sin
HRHrvatski
bezbojan
HUMagyar
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
IDBahasa Indonesia
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
IGIG
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
ITItaliano
acalicina
ah-ka-lee-chee-nah
JA日本語
アカリシン
ah-ka-ri-shin
KKKK
акалисин
ah-ka-li-sin
KMKM
អាកាលីស៊ីន
ah-ka-li-seen
KO한국어
아칼리신
a-ka-ri-sin
LTLietuvių
bežvilnis
LVLatviešu
bezkrāsains
MNМонгол
хүрэлтгүй
MRMR
अकालीसिन
ah-ka-li-sin
MSBahasa Melayu
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
MYမြန်မာ
အကာလိစင်
ah-ka-li-sin
NLNederlands
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
NONorsk
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
PAPA
ਅਕਾਲਿਸਿਨ
ah-ka-li-sin
PLPolski
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
PTPortuguês
acalicina
ah-ka-lee-see-nah
RORomână
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
RUРусский
акаличин
ah-ka-li-chin
SKSlovenčina
bezfarebný
SLSlovenščina
brezbarvni
SRСрпски
безбојан
SVSvenska
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
SWKiswahili
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
TAதமிழ்
அக்காலிசின்
ak-ka-li-sin
TEతెలుగు
అకాలిసిన్
a-ka-li-sin
THไทย
อะคาลิซิน
a-ka-li-sin
TLTL
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
TRTürkçe
akalisin
ah-ka-li-sin
UKУкраїнська
акаліцин
ah-ka-li-tsin
URاردو
اکالیسین
ah-ka-li-seen
VITiếng Việt
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
YOYO
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen
ZH中文
阿卡利シン
a-ka-li-xin
ZUZU
acalycine
ah-ka-li-seen

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