calyx

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

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calyx (plural calyces or calyxes)

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

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