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calyx
(encz) | calyx,kalich [bot.] Jiří Šmoldas |
Calyx
(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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calyx
(wn) | calyx
n 1: (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 |
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epicalyx
(encz) | epicalyx, n: |
false calyx
(encz) | false calyx, n: |
Calyx
(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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Calyxes
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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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Gonocalyx
(gcide) | Gonocalyx \Gon`o*ca"lyx\, n. [Gr. ? offspring + E. calyx,]
(Zool.)
The bell of a sessile gonozooid.
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Nectocalyx
(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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Nematocalyx
(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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Nematocalyxes
(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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calyx tube
(wn) | calyx tube
n 1: the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower
which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in
Rosaceae) [syn: hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube] |
codariocalyx
(wn) | Codariocalyx
n 1: used in some classifications for plants usually included in
genus Desmodium [syn: Codariocalyx, genus Codariocalyx] |
codariocalyx motorius
(wn) | Codariocalyx motorius
n 1: erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets
rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the
influence of sunshine [syn: telegraph plant, {semaphore
plant}, Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium motorium,
Desmodium gyrans] |
epicalyx
(wn) | epicalyx
n 1: a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or
hibiscus [syn: epicalyx, false calyx, calycle,
calyculus] |
false calyx
(wn) | false calyx
n 1: a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or
hibiscus [syn: epicalyx, false calyx, calycle,
calyculus] |
genus codariocalyx
(wn) | genus Codariocalyx
n 1: used in some classifications for plants usually included in
genus Desmodium [syn: Codariocalyx, genus Codariocalyx] |
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