Definition of calycanthus Calycanthus
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What does calycanthus mean?
WordNet
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| calycanthus - a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice | ||
| genus Calycanthus | ||
| magnoliid dicot genus genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms | ||
| calycanthaceae, calycanthus family, family calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia | ||
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Wiktionary 
- calycanthus (Noun)
Any of the genus of sweetshrubs.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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calycanthus
kal-i-kan′thus, n. a small order of square-stemmed aromatic shrubs, natives of North America and Japan. [Made up of Calyx and Gr. anthos.]
