CALYX
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Ca"lyx (k&ā;"lĭks; 277), n.; pl. E. Calyxes (k&ā;"lĭks*ĕz), L. Calyces (kăl"ĭ*s&ē;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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&hand_; 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 papillæ.
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