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  • noun Plural of calyx.

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  • noun Plural form of calyx.

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Examples

  • Each commences within the sinus of the corresponding kidney as a number of short cup-shaped tubes, termed calyces, which encircle the renal papillæ.

    XI. Splanchnology. 3b. 2. The Ureters 1918

  • The ivory calyces are falling gently to the earth as the leaves emerge from the branch tips.

    Before They Are Gone « Fairegarden 2010

  • To brew, the general rule is to use one calyces per person.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Haalo 2008

  • These are dried Hibiscus calyces but depending on where you are, you might also know them as Sorrel, Jamaica, Roselle or Karkady.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Haalo 2008

  • To brew, the general rule is to use one calyces per person.

    Hibiscus Tea Haalo 2008

  • These are dried Hibiscus calyces but depending on where you are, you might also know them as Sorrel, Jamaica, Roselle or Karkady.

    Hibiscus Tea Haalo 2008

  • The calyces of the kidneys were thick and dilated.

    Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

  • The calyces of the kidneys were thick and dilated.

    Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

  • The calyces also contain 17% oil with 26% albuminoids, providing high amounts of food energy.

    Chapter 9 1993

  • The floral leaves are rhomboidal, acuminate, and membraneous, the upper ones being shorter than the calyces, bracteas obovate; the calyces are bluish, nearly cylindrical, contracted toward the mouth, and ribbed with many veins.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Various

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