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calyces
(encz) | calyces,kalichy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Calyces
(gcide) | 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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calyces
(encz) | calyces,kalichy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Nectocalyces
(gcide) | Nectocalyx \Nec`to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. Nectocalyces. [NL., fr.
Gr. nhkto`s swimming + ? a calyx.] (Zool.)
(a) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
(b) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having
somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the
bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
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Nematocalyces
(gcide) | Nematocalyx \Nem`a*to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. Nematocalyces, E.
Nematocalyxes. [NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx.] (Zool.)
One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon
hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain
nematocysts. See Plumularia.
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