See Also: acalysinous(medicine)

oyster (oh) and acalysinous (medicine)


oyster (oh)




[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: oistre, from Latin, from Greek ostreon]
a type of shellfish that can be eaten cooked or uncooked, and that produces a jewel called a pearl
the world is your oyster
used to tell someone that they can achieve whatever they want

acalysinous (medicine)


acalysinous
<botany> Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

Origin: Gr. Priv. + calyx.

Source: Websters Dictionary