Usually means: Outer whorl of flower parts.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. calyx: Merriam-Webster
  2. calyx: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. calyx: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. calyx: Collins English Dictionary
  5. calyx: Vocabulary.com
  6. Calyx, calyx: Wordnik
  7. calyx: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Calyx, Calyx: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. calyx: Wiktionary
  10. calyx: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. calyx: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. calyx: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. calyx: Dictionary.com
  14. calyx: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. CALYX, Calyx (anatomy), Calyx (artist), Calyx (botany), Calyx (flower), Calyx (kidney), Calyx (musician), Calyx: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Calyx: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. calyx: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. calyx: Rhymezone
  19. Calyx: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. calyx: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. calyx: FreeDictionary.org
  22. calyx: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. calyx: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. calyx: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. calyx: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. calyx-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Calyx (botany), Calyx (flower), calyx: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. calyx: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Calyx (flower), calyx, calyx-: Medical dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. calyx: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)
  4. calyx: Rhododendron Glossary
  5. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  6. Calyx: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

(Note: See calyces as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
noun:  (zoology, anatomy) Any of various cup-like structures.
noun:  A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
noun:  The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
noun:  A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
noun:  A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.

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