calyx
pronunciation
How to pronounce calyx in British English:
UK [ ˈkeɪlɪks]
How to pronounce calyx in American English:
US [ ˈkeɪlɪks]
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- Noun:
- (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
Word Origin
- calyx (n.)
- 1680s, from Latin calyx, from Greek kalyx "seed pod, husk, outer covering" (of a fruit, flower bud, etc.), from root of kalyptein "to cover, conceal" (see cell). The proper plural is calyces. Some sources connect the word rather with Greek kylix "drinking cup."
Example
- 1. Calyx and bractlets subtending pedicels white to gray woolly tomentose .
- 2. In the photo , we can 't see the fruit itself , but rather the expanded globe-like sepals ( calyx ) that surround a five-part dry capsule .
- 3. Calyx teeth subequal , ovate to narrowly ovate .
- 4. Calyx and pedicel sparsely stellate pubescent .
- 5. Corolla tube usually exserted from calyx .