calices

American  

[kal-uh-seez] / ˈkæl əˌsiz /

noun

1. the plural of calix.

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calices British  

/ ˈkælɪˌsiːz /

noun

1. the plural of calix

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Example Sentences

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

Oculinidae.—Branching or massive aporose corals, the calices projecting above the level of a compact coenenchyme formed from the coenosarc which covers the exterior of the corallum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Whereas little or nothing of a risky sort can be snuffed up out of Flower-pieces, and their painted calices, since painted worms remain where they are.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul

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 Blanchan, Neltje

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

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony