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Calyx — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calyx noun The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

Senses

Calyx is used for these senses in English:

  • calyx (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

calyx — full definition

  1. noun The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
  2. noun Any of various cup-like structures.
  3. noun A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
  4. noun The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.

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