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

The top of the spire, all calices, the calyx being indeed, through all the veronicas, an important and persistent member.

From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

One of these, a M. Tiquet, a Councillor of the Parliament, sent her on her fête-day a bouquet, in which the calices of the roses were of large diamonds.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various

But their flush is broken and oppressed by the dark calices out of which they spring, and their utmost power in the field is only of a saddened amethystine lustre, subdued with furry brown.

From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

To protect the flowers from useless crawling visitors, the calices are coated with sticky matter, and the stems are downy.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje