Calyx Synonyms

kālĭks, kălĭks
The sepals of a flower considered as a group. The calyx is the outermost whorl of a flower.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sepal
  2. husk
  3. leaf
  4. petal

Words Related to Calyx

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Calyx Sentence Examples

  • In his arrangement the last subdivision disappears, and the Dicotyledons fall into two groups, a larger containing those in which both calyx and corolla are present in the flower, and a smaller, Monochlamydeae, representing the Apetalae and Diclines Irregulares of Jussieu.

  • The bracts on the flower-stalk are either small and scattered or large and leafy, and then placed near the flower, forming a sort of outer calyx or epicalyx.

  • Flower removed from 2, Calyx.

  • The calyx and corolla consist of five parts, the stamens are ten in two rows, while the pistil has only two parts developed.

  • There is thus traced a degradation, as it is called, from a flower with three stamens and three divisions of the calyx, to one with a single bract and a single stamen.

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