different between calyx vs caliciform

English

Alternative forms

• calix

Etymology

From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek ????? (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ.l?ks/, /?ke?.l?ks/

Noun

calyx (plural calyces or calyxes)

1. (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

   Meronym: sepal

2. (zoology, anatomy) Any of various cup-like structures.
   1. A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
   2. The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
   3. A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
   4. A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.

Translations

Related terms

• calyx eye

Further reading

• calyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• calyx (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• calyx (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “calyx”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.lyks/, [?käl?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.liks/, [?k??liks]

Noun

calyx m (genitive calycis); third declension

1. The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.
2. A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.
3. (by extension) The shell of fruits, pericarp.
4. (by extension) An eggshell.
5. A fitting on a Roman pipe

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• calyculus

Descendants

• ? English: calyx
• ? French: calice

See also

• calix

References

• https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/calyx
• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/calyx
• calyx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Latin calyx (“calyx”) +? -iform

Adjective

caliciform (comparative more caliciform, superlative most caliciform)

1. Having the shape of a cup or calyx.

Romanian

Etymology

From French caliciforme

Adjective

caliciform m or n (feminine singular caliciform?, masculine plural caliciformi, feminine and neuter plural caliciforme)

1. caliciform

Declension