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• a variation of calyx.

calix

American  

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

noun

calices plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• calices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of calix

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

Example Sentences

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calix calices

Its fruit is tricoccous, hoary on the outside with a calix divided into 5 parts.

From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William

Suddenly Antipater raised a calix high above his head.

From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving

The lurid colouring of the young leaves is recalled in the flower-stems and calix, and enhances the colour effect of the whole.

From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude

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

These people who insisted on the sacramental cup were called Calixtines, from the Latin calix, which means a cup or chalice.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie

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

Oculinidae.—Branching or massive aporose corals, the calices projecting above the level of a compact coenenchyme formed from the coenosarc which covers the exterior of the corallum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

I was observing with some pertinacity Vorticella convallaria; for one of the calices in a group under observation was in a strange and semi-encysted state, while the remainder were in full normal activity.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

None of these blossoms can be carried far after being picked; they have a tantalizing habit of dropping off, leaving a bouquet of tiny green calices chiefly.

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

The natives never remove the calices of the rose-flowers, but place the whole into the still as it comes from the garden.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.