CALYX
\kˈalɪks], \kˈalɪks], \k_ˈa_l_ɪ_k_s]\
Definitions of CALYX
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The covering of a flower. See Flower.
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A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillae.
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The covering of a flower. See Flower.
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A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillae.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The outer leaflets forming the perianth of a flower. 2. Infundibulum; one of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the Malpighian pyramids project.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By James Champlin Fernald
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Calyces. The outer whorl of floral leaves; the cup-like portion of the pelvis of the kidney; the theca of certain Hydroids, the cup-like body of the Crinoids.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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