calyx
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/ˈkæ.lɪks/
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/ˈkæ.lɪks/ · /ˈkeɪ.lɪks/
Definition of calyx
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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 serve as food for the Arctic birds.”
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noun
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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 serve as food for the Arctic birds.”
- Any of various cup-like structures.
- Any of various cup-like structures.
- Any of various cup-like structures.
- Any of various cup-like structures.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice and kelch.
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