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