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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calyx \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]. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calyx n : the sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing a developing bud; usually green
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