Calyx

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 87

ka'lix, n.:E.pl. Ca'lyxes: L.pl. Cat/yces, kal'I-sez. (Bot.) The outer covering of a flower. [L.; Gr. kalux, calyx, Skr. — kafika. a bud; chalice, helmet.] Calycle. kal'T-kl, n. (Bot.) A row of leaflets at the base of the calyx outer covering or crown of a seed. [L. calyculi is, dim. of calyx.]