CALYX (calyces)

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Irregular inflected form: calyces   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does calyx mean? 

• CALYX (noun)
  The noun CALYX has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: CALYX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALYX (noun)

Sense 1

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 green

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)

 Context examples 

Severe tortuosity and dilatation of the ureter and the calyces are present.

(Grade V Vesicoureteral Reflux, NCI Thesaurus)

Collection of urine in the renal pelvis that results in dilatation of the renal pelvis and calyces.

(Hydronephrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Moderate dilatation of the ureter and the calyces is present.

(Grade IV Vesicoureteral Reflux, NCI Thesaurus)

Mild dilatation of the ureter and the calyces is present.

(Grade III Vesicoureteral Reflux, NCI Thesaurus)

There is no dilatation of the ureter and the calyces.

(Grade II Vesicoureteral Reflux, NCI Thesaurus)

Collection of urine in the renal pelvis that results in dilatation of the renal pelvis and calyces that is present at birth.

(Congenital Hydronephrosis, NCI Thesaurus)