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Webster 1913 Edition

Calyx

Ca′lyx

(kā′lĭks; 277)
,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Calyxes
(kā′lĭks-ĕz)
, L.
Calyces
(kăl′ĭ-sēz)
.
[L.
calyx
,
-ycis
, fr. Gr.
κάλυξ
husk, shell, calyx, from the root of
καλύπτειν
to cover, conceal. Cf.
Chalice Helmet
.]
1.
(Bot.)
The covering of a flower. See
Flower
.
☞ 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 papillæ.

Webster 1828 Edition

Calyx

CALYX

,
Noun.
plu.
calyxes. The outer covering of a flower, being the termination of the cortical epidermis or outer bark of the plant, which, in most plants, incloses and supports the bottom of the corol. In Linnes system, it comprehends the perianth, the involucrum, the ament, the spath, the glume, the calyptra, and the volva. But in general it signifies the perianth, and the leaves are generally green.
The opinion of Linne that the calyx is the continuation of the epidermis is now considered erroneous.

Definition 2024

calyx

calyx

English

The parts numbered 8., 14., and 15. are called calyx.
Calyx—petals of a flower.

Alternative forms

Noun

calyx ‎(plural calyces or calyxes)

  1. (anatomy) A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.
  2. (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, when it is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
  3. (zoology) The crown of a crinoid.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλυξ ‎(kálux, “case of a bud, husk”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.lyks/, [ˈka.lʏks]

Noun

calyx m ‎(genitive calycis); third declension

  1. The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.
  2. A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.
  3. (by extension) The shell of fruits, pericarp.
  4. (by extension) An eggshell.
  5. A fitting on a Roman pipe

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative calyx calycēs
genitive calycis calycum
dative calycī calycibus
accusative calycem calycēs
ablative calyce calycibus
vocative calyx calycēs

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

Etymology

Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ ‎(kálux, “case of a bud, husk”).

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