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calyx

/key-liks, kal-iks/US // ˈkeɪ lɪks, ˈkæl ɪks //UK // (ˈkeɪlɪks, ˈkælɪks) //

花萼,萼片,花蕾,花瓣

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ca·lyx·es, cal·y·ces [kal-uh-seez, key-luh-]. /ˈkæl əˌsiz, ˈkeɪ lə-/.

    • : Botany. the outermost group of floral parts; the sepals.
    • : Anatomy, Zoology. a cuplike part.

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Examples

  • He rushed back to Tampa and has declined interviews but spoke last week at a memorial service honoring Calyx and Beau.

  • Another previous incident had caused Calyx's mouth to bleed, Calyx said, although Julie said she never saw any blood.

  • In October, Parker posted a photo of Calyx with her cross-country teammates.

  • To impregnate these, a bunch of male flowers is carefully inserted and fastened in the calyx.

  • These rubiace had no calyx; therefore the principle laid down on the blackboard was false.

  • Alismace, distinguished by possessing barren and fertile flowers, with a three-leaved calyx and three coloured petals.

  • The calyx is composed of five sepals, the corolla of four or five lobes, and the stamens are attached to the corolla.

  • The umbels are sessile or nearly so, the flowers have no calyx, and the fruit has five prominent ridges.