calyx en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkeɪ.lɪks/
- /ˈkæ.lɪks/
Etymology
From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice and kelch.
Meanings
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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.
1905, Maude Gridley Peterson, How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants When Not in Flower by Means of Fruit and Leaf, Macmillan, page 202:
- Any of various cup-like structures. ▸ A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
- Any of various cup-like structures. ▸ The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
- Any of various cup-like structures. ▸ A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
- Any of various cup-like structures. ▸ A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| calyxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| calyces | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| calix | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Deriveds
porocalyx · major calyx · nectocalyx · nematocalyx · calyx eye · calyxed · calyciferous · glycocalyx · calycoid · epicalyx · brachycalyx
Meronyms
Translations (50)
cmn 花萼 (the sepals of a flower) · tr çanak (the sepals of a flower) · ca calze (the sepals of a flower) · pl kielich (zoology: crown of crinoid) · tl santampok (the sepals of a flower) · is bikar (the sepals of a flower) · fi munuaispikari (anatomy: structure in kidney) · id kaliks (anatomy: structure in kidney) · ga cocán (the sepals of a flower) · sh ка̏леж (the sepals of a flower) · nl kelk (the sepals of a flower) · gl cáliz (the sepals of a flower) · de Calyx (the sepals of a flower) · bg чашка (the sepals of a flower) · ja 蔕 (the sepals of a flower) · kk тостағанша (the sepals of a flower) · eo kaliko (anatomy: structure in kidney) · ru чашеви́дная по́лость (anatomy: structure in kidney) · ja 杯 (anatomy: structure in kidney) · sh kȁlež (the sepals of a flower) · pl kielich (the sepals of a flower) · ru по́чечная ча́шка (anatomy: structure in kidney) · it calice (the sepals of a flower) · pl kielich (anatomy: structure in kidney) · ru ча́шечка (the sepals of a flower) · es cáliz (the sepals of a flower) · pt cálice (the sepals of a flower) · sv foder (the sepals of a flower) · el κάλυκας (the sepals of a flower) · ota كم (the sepals of a flower) · uk ча́шечка (the sepals of a flower) · cy calycs (the sepals of a flower) · cs kalich (the sepals of a flower) · hy ծաղկաբաժակ (the sepals of a flower) · ro caliciu (the sepals of a flower) · mr पुष्पकोश (the sepals of a flower) · de Kelch (the sepals of a flower) · eo kaliko (the sepals of a flower) · vi đài hoa (the sepals of a flower) · la calyx (the sepals of a flower) · pt cálice (anatomy: structure in kidney) · ja 萼 (the sepals of a flower) · ro caliciu (anatomy: structure in kidney) · fr calice (the sepals of a flower) · fi lonkerokiehkura (zoology: crown of crinoid) · fi verhiö (the sepals of a flower) · ca calze (anatomy: structure in kidney) · cy blodamlen (the sepals of a flower) · da bæger (the sepals of a flower) · grc κάλυξ (the sepals of a flower)