Found 3 items, similar to Calyx.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: calyx
kelopak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: calyx
calyx
n : (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively
forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the
perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud;
usually green
[also:
calyces (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Calyx
Calyx
\Ca"lyx\ (k[=a]"l[i^]ks; 277), n.; pl. E.
Calyxes
(k[=a]"l[i^]ks*[e^]z), L.
Calyces (k[a^]l"[i^]*s[=e]z). [L.
calyx, -ycis, fr. Gr. ka`lyx husk, shell, calyx, from the
root of kaly`ptein to cover, conceal. Cf.
Chalice Helmet.]
1. (Bot.) The covering of a flower. See
Flower.
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Note: The calyx is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes
delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone
and the four-o'clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called
a sepal.
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2. (Anat.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney,
which surrounds one or more of the renal papill[ae].
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