calyx
Meanings
noun
- The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
- Any of various cup-like structures.
- 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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Etymology
From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice and kelch.
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