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calyculus |
calymene |
calymmatobacterium |
calymmatobacterium granulomatis |
calyon |
calypso
| calypso bulbosa
| calypter
| calyptra
| calyptrate
| calyptridium umbellatum
calypso
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun calypso has 2 senses
- calypso(n = noun.plant) calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper - rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf; Array is a kind of orchid, orchidaceous plant
- calypso(n = noun.person) Array - (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years; Array is a kind of sea nymph
CIDE DICTIONARY
calypso, n. [The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph.].
A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 681913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
calypso, n. (pl. -os) a W. Indian song in African rhythm, usu. improvised on a topical theme.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
calypso
Brautlied, Christmas carol, Kunstlied, Liebeslied, Volkslied, alba, anthem, art song, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, barcarole, blues, blues song, boat song, bridal hymn, brindisi, canso, canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, carol, cavatina, chanson, chant, chantey, croon, croon song, dirge, ditty, drinking song, epithalamium, folk song, hymeneal, lay, lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, matin, minstrel song, minstrelsy, national anthem, prothalamium, serena, serenade, serenata, song, theme song, torch song, war song, wedding song
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