OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18583

calyx

/ˈkæ.lɪks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cáliz
The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at…
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