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[Gk. kalyx, a husk, cup] Collectively, the sepals of a flower.
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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 [..]
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Flower part at base of petalsPart of the flower, at the base of the petals, often in a whorl arrangement of petal-like sepals.
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The outer part of a flower usually small and green like on a rose. cambium layer:
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The outer or lowest of the series of floral parts composed of the sepals. Usually green and leaflike, but may be colored like the petals.
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Outer part of flower structure consisting of sepals; can be used as a cutting tool
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The pod harboring female ovule and two protruding pistils, seed pod. CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2
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The outer set of flower parts. Sometimes they look like leaves and in some plants like petals and occasionally in some they form a tube. The calyx is what you see before the flower opens and it protec [..]
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a flower part divided into sepals
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Sepals and often greenish bracts underneath a flower; the outer floral envelope. The outer set of perianth segments, usually green in color and smaller than the inner set. Cambium
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the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth
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The outer whorl of sepals which when unfolded protect the unopened forming flower bud. Calyx and sepal are derived from the Greek word for “covering”.
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Collective name for all the sepals of a flower, the modified leaves which surround and protect flower buds.
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The collective term for the sepals (the cup, usually green, between a flower and its stem).
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The sepals of a flower.
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 The outer part of a flower usually small and green like on a rose.
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the sepals (outer leaves covering the bud) of a flower.
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A whorl of modified leaves forming the outer case of bud or envelope of flower.
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The sepals of a flower; they enclose the unopened flower bud.
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the pod harboring female ovule and two protruding pistils, seed pod.
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(ka´liks) A cup-shaped portion of the renal pelvis that encircles a renal papilla. cAMP
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The outer green part of a flower, where sepals have joined together to form a bowl, or funnel, out of which the petals grow.
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[Perianth] -- Collective term for the sepals, particularly when they are united to form a tube.
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(n) (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
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N M calyx/cup (flower/nut); bud?; fruit/animal skin| husk; shell (egg/sea urchin)
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Outermost whorl of organs of a flower.
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distal end of a fruit resulting from remnants of the flower after pollination and fruit growth
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The outside whorl (circle) of floral leaves that ordinarily enclose and support the bud, and that are usually green.
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One of two outermost whorls of a flower.
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The collective term for the sepals (the cup, usually green, between a flower and its stem).
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a chalice. camacatus:
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The outermost part of the collecting system of the kidney where urine is first released for excretion dwon to the bladder
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