CALYX


Meaning of CALYX in English

noun (plural ~es or calyces) see: chalice Date: 1693 the usually green outer whorl of a flower consisting of sepals, a cuplike animal structure (as the body wall of a crinoid or a division of the kidney pelvis)

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