calyx

English

Wikipedia

The parts numbered 8., 14., and 15. are called calyx.

Calyx—petals of a flower.

Etymology

Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kalux, “case of a bud, husk”).

Noun

calyx (plural calyces or calyxes)

1. (anatomy) A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.
2. (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, when it is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
3. (zoology) The crown of a crinoid.

Translations

anatomy: structure in kidney

• Finnish: munuaispikari (fi)
• Japanese: 杯 (ja) (はい, hai)

• Romanian: caliciu (ro) n

the sepals of a flower

• Armenian: ծաղկաբաժակ (hy) (çaġkabažak)
• Bulgarian: чашка (bg) (čaška) f
• Czech: kalich (cs) m
• Dutch: kelk (nl) m
• Finnish: verhiö (fi)
• Icelandic: bikar (is) m
• Italian: calice (it) m

• Japanese: 萼 (ja) (がく, gaku)
• Marathi: pushpakosh (mr), पुष्पकोश (mr)
• Polish: kielich m
• Romanian: caliciu (ro) n
• Serbo-Croatian: kalež (sh) m
• Spanish: cáliz (es) m

zoology: crown of crinoid

• Finnish: lonkerokiehkura (fi)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kalux, “case of a bud, husk”).

Noun

calyx (genitive calycis); m, third declension

1. The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.
2. A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.
3. (by extension) The shell of fruits, pericarp.
4. (by extension) An eggshell.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	calyx	calycēs
genitive	calycis	calycum
dative	calycī	calycibus
accusative	calycem	calycēs
ablative	calyce	calycibus
vocative	calyx	calycēs

Derived terms

• calyculus

Descendants

• English: calyx
• French: calice

See also

• calix

References

• calyx in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879