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CALYX
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Irregular inflected form: calyces
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calyx" is a kind of...):
coil; curl; curlicue; gyre; ringlet; roll; scroll; whorl (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
Meronyms (parts of "calyx"):
sepal (one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calyx"):
hull (persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry)
pappus (calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions)
Holonyms ("calyx" is a part of...):
chlamys; floral envelope; perianth; perigone; perigonium (collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils)
Derivation:
calyceal (of or relating to or resembling a calyx)
