calix

[ key-liks, kal-iks ]

/ ˈkeɪ lɪks, ˈkæl ɪks /

noun, plural cal·i·ces [kal-i-seez] /ˈkæl ɪˌsiz/.

cup.

Nearby words

Origin of calix

From Latin; see origin at chalice

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Examples from the Web for calix

I have cried 'Pater mi, si possibile est, transeat a me calix iste!'
The Firebrand|S. R. Crockett
The capsule is sometimes shorter and sometimes longer than the calix, on the same plant, in Andrés specimens.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
The lurid colouring of the young leaves is recalled in the flower-stems and calix, and enhances the colour effect of the whole.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
Instead of suak, the women used here the calix of a flower, called furai, for staining their teeth with a deep amber colour.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2|James Richardson

And if we wish to penetrate the secret we must not forget the Hebrew psalmist, with his calix meus inebrians quam prclarus est.
Hieroglyphics|Arthur Machen

British Dictionary definitions for calix

calix

/ (ˈkeɪlɪks, ˈkæ-) /

noun plural calices (ˈkælɪˌsiːz)

a cup; chalice

Word Origin for calix

C18: from Latin: chalice

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Medicine definitions for calix

calix

n. pl. ca•li•ces

A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure.

Any of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project.