English Dictionary

calyx

/ˈkæ.lɪks/

noun

(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. / A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.

The calyx protects the developing flower bud.

意味（1）

(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

Meronym: sepal

意味（2）

A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.

意味（3）

The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.

意味（4）

A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.

意味（5）

A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.