calyx n : (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 [also: calyces (pl)]

English

Etymology

calyx from kalyx

Noun

1. A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney
2. Collective term for the sepals of a flower, i.e. the outermost whorl of flower parts, when this is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
3. The crown of a crinoid

Translations

Calyx or Calyce may refer to:

• Calyx (kidney), a structural component of the mammalian kidney
• Calyx (artist), a UK producer of drum and bass
• Calyce (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology
• Calyx (botany), the sepals of a flower
• Calyx (zoology), the crown of a crinoid
• Calyx of held, a large synapse in the auditory brainstem structure
• Calyx, A Journal of Art & Literature, a literary journal
• Calyx (fictional moon), in the Colony Wars franchise
• Calyx Software or Calyx Point
• Calyx Labs