calices

[ kal-uh-seez ]

noun

1. the plural of calix.

calices

/ ˈkælɪˌsiːz /

noun

1. See calix
   the plural of calix

Example Sentences

Autant de volontaires Parisiens bien armez et dorez comme calices.

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By now the sun was up, and the celandine calices expanded into perfect golden stars.

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Other naturalists, or rather other dreamers, made these insects spring from the calices of sweet-scented flowers.

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I am learned, you see: Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum?

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When darkness comes on they contract, and the calices of the flowers close.

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