Meaning of CALYX
| Pronunciation: | | 'keyliks
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] (boany) 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 |
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| | See Also: | | coil, curl, curlicue, floral envelope, gyre, hull, pappus, perianth, ringlet, roll, scroll, sepal, whorl | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ca"lyx\, n.; pl. E. {Calyxes}, L. {Calyces}. [L. calyx,
-ycis, fr. Gr. ? husk, shell, calyx, from the root of ? to
cover, conceal. Cf. {Chalice Helmet}.]
1. (Bot.) The covering of a flower. See {Flower}.
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.
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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The sepals of one flower collectively. |
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