calyx

1. The sepals of a flower considered as a group.
2. A cuplike structure or organ, such as one of the cuplike divisions of the pelvis or of the kidney.
3. A collecting structure in the kidney.

[Latin calyx, calyc-, from Greek kalux.]

An ornament resembling the outer protective covering of a flower; found, for example, in the Corinthian capital.

Collectively, the sepals of a flower.

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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 (journal), a literary journal
• Calyx (fictional moon), in the Colony Wars franchise

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