calice (kalis)

[ E. chalice, q. v., 2. In zoöl., the little cup in which the polyp of a coral-producing zoöphyte is contained. calices (kal'i-sēz), n. pl. In an at. and zoöl., a corrupt form of calyces, plural of calyx (which see). caliche (ka-lē'che), n. [Sp., a pebble accidentally inclosed in a burnt brick, also a flake of lime detached from a whitewashed wall; in Mex. Sp. recent soft or earthy limestone; used by Humboldt as equiv. to Sp. caliza, limestone (cf. calizo, limy, calcareous);