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Word: calyx (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • anatomy A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.
  • botany Tthe outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, when it is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
  • zoology The crown of a crinoid.

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