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• calix — A flower shaped or funnel shaped structure; specifically one of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project. SYN: calyx. [L. fr. G. kalyx, the cup of a flower] major… …   Medical dictionary

• calyx — SYN: calix. [G. cup of a flower] * * * ca·lyx also ca·lix kā liksalso kal iks n, pl ca·lyx·es or ca·ly·ces kā lə .sēzalso kal ə also ca·li·ces a cuplike division of the renal pelvis surrounding one or more renal papillae * * * n. (pl. calyces …   Medical dictionary

• chalice — [13] Latin calix ‘cup’ and its relative, Greek kálux ‘pod’, perhaps hold the record for the words most often borrowed into English. Calix first made its appearance as part of the original West Germanic stratum of English, into which it had been… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• chalice — [13] Latin calix ‘cup’ and its relative, Greek kálux ‘pod’, perhaps hold the record for the words most often borrowed into English. Calix first made its appearance as part of the original West Germanic stratum of English, into which it had been… …   Word origins

• chal|ice — «CHAL ihs», noun. 1. a drinking cup or goblet. 2. a) the cup that holds the wine used in the Communion service. b) the wine or portion of the Eucharist contained in it. 3. a flower shaped like a cup. ╂[< Old French chalice, learned borrowing… …   Useful english dictionary

• chalice — [chal′is] n. [ME & OFr < L calix, cup: see CALIX] 1. a cup; goblet 2. the cup for the wine of Holy Communion 3. a cup shaped flower …   English World dictionary

• Albanian language — Albanian Shqip Pronunciation [ʃcip] Spoken in Primarily in Southeastern Europe and by the Albanian diaspora worldwide. Native speakers …   Wikipedia

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• caliculus — A bud shaped or cup shaped structure, resembling the closed calyx of a flower. SYN: calycle, calyculus. [L. dim. from G. kalyx, the cup of a flower] c. gustatorius SYN: taste bud. c. ophthalmicus SYN: optic cup. * * * ca·lic·u·lus (kə likґu… …   Medical dictionary

• calyx — [ keɪlɪks, ka ] (also calix) noun (plural calyces lɪsi:z or calyxes) 1》 Botany the sepals of a flower, typically forming a whorl that encloses the petals and forms a protective layer around a flower in bud. 2》 Zoology a cup like cavity or… …   English new terms dictionary

• calyx — (also calix) ► NOUN (pl. calyces or calyxes) 1) Botany the sepals of a flower, forming a protective layer around a flower in bud. 2) Zoology a cup like cavity or structure. ORIGIN Greek kalux case of a bud, husk …   English terms dictionary