calycle

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In botany, an outer accessory calyx, or set of leaflets or bracts looking like a calyx, as in the pink. Also called calyculus.
2. n. In zoology, a calice or little calyx; some part of a zoöphyte like or likened to the calyx of a plant. Specifically— In corals, the cup-cell or corallite in which each polypite or individual polyp of a polypidom is lodged.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
2. n. a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)