Calyx definition

kālĭks, kălĭks
calyces calyxes
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The sepals of a flower considered as a group. The calyx is the outermost whorl of a flower.
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(zool.) A cuplike part or cavity.
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The outermost part of a flower, consisting of the sepals.
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A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure.
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Any of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project.
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(anatomy) A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.
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(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, when it is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
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(zoology) The crown of a crinoid.
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The outer whorl of protective leaves (sepals) of a flower, usually green.
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Noun

Singular:
calyx
Plural:
calyces, calyxes

Origin of calyx

  • Latin calyx calyc- from Greek kalux

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kalux, “case of a bud, husk”).

    From Wiktionary

Calyx Sentence Examples

  • In his arrangement the last subdivision disappears, and the Dicotyledons fall into two groups, a larger containing those in which both calyx and corolla are present in the flower, and a smaller, Monochlamydeae, representing the Apetalae and Diclines Irregulares of Jussieu.

  • The bracts on the flower-stalk are either small and scattered or large and leafy, and then placed near the flower, forming a sort of outer calyx or epicalyx.

  • Flower removed from 2, Calyx.

  • The calyx and corolla consist of five parts, the stamens are ten in two rows, while the pistil has only two parts developed.

  • There is thus traced a degradation, as it is called, from a flower with three stamens and three divisions of the calyx, to one with a single bract and a single stamen.

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