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Calyx - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Calyx : (noun)
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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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].
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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