Relating to or designating a calyx (the outer part of a flower or a structure in animals) that functions in reproduction or contains reproductive structures.
From 'gono-' (reproductive) plus 'calyx' (from Greek 'kalyx,' a cup-like structure), with '-ine' suffix making it adjectival.
Gonocalycine shows how botanists borrowed terms from flowers to describe animal structures—it's like the language of life is universal enough that one term works across kingdoms.
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