calyx
/ˈkæ.lɪks/
calyx noun: the outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
Noun
calyx (plural calyces or calyxes)
- 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...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
- 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.
calyx meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
calyx in Tamil
- புல்லிவட்டம், புல்லி, இதழ், குழியி, சிறு கிண்ணம், மலர்கிண்ணத்தோற்றம்
calyx in Marathi
- the sepals of a flower
- पुष्पकोश puṣpakoś
calyx in Bengali
- ফুলের বাইরের সবুজ বৃতি, ক্যালিক্স
calyx in Telugu
- calyx
- రక్షకపత్రావళి rakṣakapatrāvaḷi
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- calyx in Kannada
- ಪುಷ್ಪಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಪುಷ್ಪಪಾತ್ರ ಸಮೂಹ, ಹೂವೆಲೆ, ಪುಷ್ಪಪೀಠ
- calyx in Tagalog
- santampok
- calyx in Indonesian
- kaliks
- calyx in Vietnamese
- đài hoa
Examples of calyx in a sentence
- A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx.
- The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit.
- In dicotyledons that do not form a calyx, like the buttercups, the corollas are always choripetalous.
Forms of calyx
| plural | calyces |
|---|---|
| plural | calyxes |
| alternative form (archaic) | calix |
Origin of calyx
From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice and kelch.
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Phrases with calyx
Words that rhyme with calyx
Questions about calyx
- What does calyx mean?
- Calyx means the outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
- What is calyx in Tamil?
- Calyx in Tamil is புல்லிவட்டம், புல்லி, இதழ். See Calyx meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is calyx?
- Calyx is a noun.
- How do you pronounce calyx?
- Calyx is pronounced /ˈkæ.lɪks/.
- What is the plural of calyx?
- The plural of calyx is calyces.
Words near calyx in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: calyx (page history and authors); calyx (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); calyx (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రక్షకపత్రావళి (Telugu) (page history and authors); calyx (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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