- plural of calix.
calices
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Some of the plants were not yet in bloom, their buds curled in pink, pointed spirals held in the pale green calices, but most were already star-flowering and giving off their strong scent.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Lacking good, honest, deep green, one suspects from the yellowish tone of calices, stem, and leaves that this plant is something of a thief.
From Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan
But their flush is broken and oppressed by the dark calices out of which they spring, and their utmost power in the field is only of a saddened amethystine lustre, subdued with furry brown.
From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin
Lacking good, honest, deep green, one suspects from the yellowish tone of calices, stem, and leaves, that this plant is something of a thief.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
Her tiny claws must laboriously gather the powder from the calices, which powder she needs must swallow in order to take it back to her lair.
From The Life of the Bee by Alfred Sutro
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