calyx
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calyx /ˈkeɪlɪks, ˈka-/ (also calix)
▶noun (pl. calyces /-lɪsiːz/ or calyxes)
- 1 Botany the sepals of a flower, typically forming a whorl that encloses the petals and forms a protective layer around a flower in bud.
- 2 Zoology a cup-like cavity or structure, in particular part of the pelvis of a mammalian kidney.
– origin C17: from L., from Gk kalux ‘case of a bud, husk’, rel. to kaluptein ‘to hide’.
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