- a variation of calyx.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of calix
First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin; see origin at chalice
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The calix appears to have answered in popularity, though not in form, to the Greek kylix, and is probably the name by which the ornamented bowls were usually known.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
He formed the base as the calix of a flower as he had seen in the antique busts in Rome and Florence.
From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf
The calix is divided into 5 round pointed parts.
From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William
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