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English noun: calyx

1. calyx (plant) (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green


Broader (hypernym)coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl


Narrower (hyponym)hull, pappus


Part holonymsepal


Part meronymchlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium


Domain categorybotany, phytology









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