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calyx

[ key-liks, kal-iks ]

noun

, plural ca·lyx·es, cal·y·ces [kal, -, uh, -seez, key, -l, uh, -].
  1. Botany. the outermost group of floral parts; the sepals.
  2. Anatomy, Zoology. a cuplike part.


calyx

/ ˈkælɪks; ˈkælɪˌkeɪt; ˈkeɪlɪks /

noun

  1. the sepals of a flower collectively, forming the outer floral envelope that protects the developing flower bud Compare corolla
  2. any cup-shaped cavity or structure, esp any of the divisions of the human kidney ( renal calyx ) that form the renal pelvis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


calyx

/ lĭks,kălĭks /

  1. The sepals of a flower considered as a group. The calyx is the outermost whorl of a flower.
  2. See more at sepal


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Derived Forms

  • calycate, adjective
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Other Words From

  • cal·y·cate [kal, -i-keyt], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of calyx1

First recorded in 1665–75; from Latin, from Greek kályx “cup, calyx (of a flower), husk, pod, covering,” akin to kalýptein “to veil, cover”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of calyx1

C17: from Latin, from Greek kalux shell, from kaluptein to cover, hide
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Example Sentences

So you slice off the stem end just below the calyx, the little cap.

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Hurtado’s 5-month-old nephew, Calyx Hurtado, and 18-month-old niece, Cataleya Hurtado, died in the fire, police said.

A Tampa jury rejected the insanity defense for Julie Schenecker, 61, and convicted her in the shooting deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Calyx and 13-year-old son Beau.

A Tampa jury rejected the insanity defense for Julie Schenecker, 61, and convicted her in the shooting deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Calyx and 13-year-old son Beau.

When small and ovoid, it really does look like an egg, or an egg wearing a little green hat, which is the calyx.

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