calix

American  

[key-liks, kal-iks] / ˈkeɪ lɪks, ˈkæl ɪks /

noun

plural

calices

1. Literary. a cup or chalice, especially one used ceremonially.

2. Anatomy, calyx.

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calix British  

/ ˈkeɪlɪks, ˈkæ- /

noun

1. a cup; chalice

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Etymology

Origin of calix

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin; see origin at chalice

Example Sentences

Most all of them had rough blotches or rings about the calix or around the body.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

There is the 'Bonapartea' from Peru; the 'Napoleone Imperiale'; the 'Josephinia Imperatrix', a pearl-white flower, purple-shadowed, the calix pricked out with crimson points.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy

It was a graceful calix now, of a deep wine red, clear and transparent as claret.

From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

The petala are very tender, 5 in number, scarce so large as the calix: in the middle stands a columella thick set with thrummy apiculae, which argue this plant to belong to the Malvaceous kind.

From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William

The flower stands on a foot-stalk 4 inches long, included in a rough calix of a yellowish colour.

From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William