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Pronunciation : Ca"lyx, n.; pl. E. Calyxes
Part of Speech : L.
Etymology : [L. calyx, -ycis, fr. Gr. Chalice Helmet.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papil?.

Calyces.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913