What is the meaning of Calyx?

The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

Any of various cup-like structures.

  1. A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
  2. The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
  3. A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
  4. A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.

A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.

The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.

A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.

A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.

The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.

A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.

The shell of fruits, pericarp.

An eggshell.

A fitting on a Roman pipe

Source: wiktionary.org