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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Calyx \Ca"lyx\ (k[=a]"l[i^]ks; 277), noun; 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}.
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) 2.0 [wn]:
calyx
noun: (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 [also: {calyces} (pl)]
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