calyx
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calyx
- /ˈkæ.lɪks/
- /ˈkeɪ.lɪks/
Rhymes with -ælɪks
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From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice and kelch.
noun calyces · calyxes · calix
- The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and ser
- A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
- The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
- A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
- A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.
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noun the sepals of a flower
| Español | cáliz |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 萼 gaku, 蔕 heta |
| 中文 | 花萼 huā'è |
| Português | cálice |
| Français | calice |
| Deutsch | Kelch, Calyx |
| Italiano | calice |
| Ελληνικά | κάλυκας kálykas |
| Română | caliciu |
| Русский | ча́шечка čášečka |
| Tiếng Việt | đài hoa |
noun anatomy: structure in kidney
| 日本語 | 杯 hai |
|---|---|
| Português | cálice |
| Română | caliciu |
| Русский | чашеви́дная по́лость čaševídnaja pólostʹ, по́чечная ча́шка póčečnaja čáška |
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