Calyx
['kælɪks;'keɪ-] or ['kelɪks]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green.
手打:卡尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The covering of a flower. See Flower.
(n.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillae.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. Flower-cup.
手打:旺达
解釋/意思:
n. the outer covering or cup of a flower its separate leaves termed sepals:—pl. Calyces or Calyxes.—adjs. Cal′ycate having a calyx; Calycīf′erous bearing the calyx; Calyciflō′ral Calyciflō′rate Calyciflō′rous having the petals and stamens borne upon the calyx; Calyc′iform having the form of a calyx; Cal′ycine Calyc′inal pertaining to a calyx.—n. Cal′ycle an accessory calyx outside the true one.—adjs. Cal′ycled having a calycle; Cal′ycoid Calycoi′deous like a calyx.
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