Calyx

Word CALYX
Character 5
Hyphenation ca lyx
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Calyx"

What do we mean by calyx?

The outermost part of a flower, consisting of the sepals. noun

The expanded, cup-like, deciduous structure on the ends of the stems of certain entoproctous Polyzoa, containing most of the organs and hence practically an individual. noun

A depression formed by the more or less reticulate folding of the skin, as in the intromittent organs of snakes. noun

A cup-shaped excavation on the surface of the ovary which remains after the rupture of a Graafian vesicle. noun

Any circular piece which resembles in form the calyx of a flower. noun

In botany, in general, the outer set of the envelops which form the perianth of a flower. noun

In human anatomy, one of the cup-like or infundibuliform beginnings of the ureter in the pelvis of the kidney, surrounding the apices of the Malpighian pyramids, each receiving usually more than one pyramid. noun

In zoology: The cup at the base of the ciliated tentacles on the lophophore or oral disk of polyzoans. See Plumatella. noun

The pedicellated Graafian follicle, ovarian capsule, or ovisac of a bird, consisting of two membranes of lax tissue and blood-vessels, rupturing at a point called the stigma to discharge the ovum, then collapsing, and finally becoming absorbed. noun

In crinoids, the cup at the summit of the stȧlk or stem, whence the brachia radiate and on the surface of which is the mouth. noun

In Hydrozoa, a generative capsule developed in the axils of a branched hydroid stock, containing either medusa-buds or sexual organs. noun

Some other calyciform or cup-shaped part or organ of an animal. noun

The covering of a flower. See flower. noun

A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillæ. noun

A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney. noun

The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, when it is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla). noun

The crown of a crinoid. noun

(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 noun

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The word "calyx" in example sentences

When the blossoms fall the apples stand upright on the tree, and the little pointed leaves that are on the blossom end of the apples, that we call the calyx, are all open, and at that time you can spray so as to get the arsenate of lead on the inside. ❋ Various (N/A)

It appears the tiny, crimson point of the bud which protrudes from the calyx is very sensitive, and more easily blighted by frost than any other bud. ❋ Emily Ferguson (1910)

Blossoms single – calyx is urn-shaped, narrowing at the top – to its lining are fastened pistils and stamens – corolla consists of five (generally) broad petals, varying in colour from white to deep rose pink – buds are deep pink – fruit crimson in the autumn. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Fig. 137, from a specimen of Dr. Bell Salter's, given in the 'Gardeners' Chronicle, 'shows the passage, from below upwards, of the ordinary carpels to perfect leaves; the so-called calyx-tube being completely deficient and the ovaries entirely superior. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

The so-called calyx-tube of roses is elsewhere alluded to. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

The greenish-yellow calyx, which is closely wrapped around the bud, is next examined. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

Like most similar specimens, this one bears out the notion that what is called the calyx-tube in roses is really an expansion and dilatation of the top of the flower-stalk. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

Above the calyx is a broad spreading corolla which is white or brightly colored and is divided into several distinct parts called petals. ❋ Charles Landon Goodrich (N/A)

The calyx is a bright brown colour, rather large and bell-shaped. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

The fine pale green calyx, which is also conspicuous by its handsome form and extra length, is far from the least important feature of this flower, especially at the above-mentioned stage. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

Evidently, then, the calyx is a protecting covering for the other parts of the flower until blossoming time. ❋ Charles Landon Goodrich (N/A)

As elsewhere said, the evidence furnished by teratology is conflicting, but there seems little or nothing to invalidate the notion that the end of the flower-stalk and the base of the calyx may, to a varying extent, in different cases, jointly be concerned in the formation of the so-called calyx-tube and of the inferior ovary. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

In some cases the phyllody of the sepals has a special interest, as bearing on the question whether what is termed calyx-tube is or is not a portion of the calyx, and whether the sepals are modifications of the blade or of the sheath of the leaf. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

_Hence_? the induration of the calyx should be the most permanent if it is the cause, but to obviate all doubts, both calyx, fructus induratus, and capsula circumscissa, should enter into the generic character; the unilaterality of capsules, and their invariable tendency to look downwards, or rather the inferior unilaterality, may likewise reasonably be considered connected with the same structure of calyx, as well as the expanded limb of the calyx. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

That the outer portion (so-called calyx-tube) of these fruits is really an axile product there can now be little doubt; and, as if to show their axile nature, they occasionally produce leaves from their sides, as before mentioned. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

In the cherry, peach and apple, the calyx is a cup or tube with the upper edge divided into lobes. ❋ Charles Landon Goodrich (N/A)

The green case, called the calyx, which contains the scarlet petals, is already partly open; it is splitting in half, and the flower will soon be out. ❋ Arthur Owens Cooke (N/A)

As both from normal organogeny as well as from unusual conformation contradictory inferences may be drawn, it would obviously be unsafe to attempt the explanation of the so-called calyx-tube in general from any particular instances; so far as _Rosaceæ_ are concerned, there is so much variation in the relative position of calyx and carpels under ordinary circumstances, that it is no matter for surprise that similar diversities should exist in teratological cases. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

The calyx is a row of small points cut in light green wax; the points are touched with a brush containing a little brown, and then passed once round the flower. ❋ Emma Peachey (N/A)

Leaves may occasionally be found in this way on the so-called calyx-tube or on the inferior ovaries of roses, pears, apples, _Pereskia_, _Cratægus tanacetifolia_, &c. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

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