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CALYX

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Irregular inflected form: calyces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

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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 greenplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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