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calyx 音标拼音: [k'ælɪks] n. 花萼 花萼 calyx n 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 greenCalyx \ Ca" lyx\ ( k[= a]" l[ i^] ks; 277), n.; pl. E. { Calyxes} ( k[= a]" l[ i^] ks*[ e^] z), L. { Calyces} ( k[ a^] l"[ i^]* s[= e] z). [ L. calyx, - ycis, fr. Gr. ka` lyx husk, shell, calyx, from the root of kaly` ptein to cover, conceal. Cf. { Chalice Helmet}.] 1. ( Bot.) The covering of a flower. See { Flower}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The calyx is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone and the four- o' clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called a sepal. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Anat.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papill[ ae]. [ 1913 Webster]
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