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Calyx is a term used in
animal anatomy for some
cuplike areas or structures. Latin, from
calyx (from
Ancient Gr**** κάλυξ, case of a bud, husk"). The ****ules...
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leaving parts that can be
found at the base of the
stalk as a boot or
cuplike structure, and
there may be
patches of
removable material on the cap surface...
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often lacerate or
toothed with
sharp or dull teeth. The
calyculi (the
cuplike bracts that hold the florets) are
composed of 12 to 18 segments; each segment...
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found as an
adherent perianth coating the seed. A
reduced and
monophyllous cuplike perigonal bract,
properly known as the bracteole,
immediately surrounds...
- rocks. They are all
created with a
small hammer-like
device that
produces cuplike markings that are 1
centimeter in
diameter and 2
centimeters apart. They...
- into
three lobed leaflets. The stem
bears up to 14 flowers, each in a
cuplike calyx of red or
green sepals. The five
petals are
bright white, up to 1...
- near the center; a
whitish and
minutely fuzzy under surface; a round,
cuplike shape when young, and a flattened-irregular
shape when mature; attachment...
- sharp-pointed lobes. The stem
bears up to 15
widely spaced flowers, each in a
cuplike calyx of red or
green sepals. The five
petals are
bright white, up to 1...
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receptacle on
which the head of
flowers sits. In
Euphorbiaceae it is the
cuplike structure that
holds the
nectar glands, nectar, and head of flowers, and...
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shrub flowers in
loose raceme inflorescences. Each
flower is
encased in a
cuplike calyx of
sepals which are
green when new and age to
reddish purple. The...
