Calyx : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Calyx	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Calyx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calyx n (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
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[91].