calix

[key-liks, kal-iks]

noun, plural cal·i·ces

[kal-i-seez] /ˈkæl ɪˌsiz/.

cup.

Origin of calix

From Latin; see origin at chalice

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Examples from the Web for calix

Historical Examples of calix

If either of these whorls is absent in a flower, it is the calix.
Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction
T. W. Shannon
Philip, and so for faute of vitaile yeldid Calix up to king Edwarde the .
The Boke of Noblesse
Unknown
Most all of them had rough blotches or rings about the calix or around the body.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916
Various
I have cried 'Pater mi, si possibile est, transeat a me calix iste!'
The Firebrand
S. R. Crockett
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

noun plural calices (ˈkælɪˌsiːz)

a cup; chalice

Word Origin for calix

C18: from Latin: chalice

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calix in Medicine

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.