Calyx Definition

kālĭks, kălĭks
calyces, calyxes
noun
The outer whorl of protective leaves (sepals) of a flower, usually green.
Webster's New World
A cuplike part or cavity.
Webster's New World
A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project.
American Heritage Medicine

(anatomy) A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.

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Noun

Singular:
calyx
Plural:
calyces, calyxes

Origin of Calyx

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin calyx calyc- from Greek kalux

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

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