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calyx

noun

Meaning

  1. nounThe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
  2. nounAny of various cup-like structures. A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes. The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians. A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects. A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.
  3. nounA chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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