Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Calyxes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nematocalyx \Nem`a*to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. {Nematocalyces}, E.
-{calyxes}. [NL. See {Nemato-}, and {Calyx}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon
hydroids of the family {Plumularid[ae]}. They contain
nematocysts. See {Plumularia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calyx \Ca"lyx\, n.; pl. E. {Calyxes}, L. {Calyces}. [L. calyx,
-ycis, fr. Gr. ? husk, shell, calyx, from the root of ? to
cover, conceal. Cf. {Chalice Helmet}.]
1. (Bot.) The covering of a flower. See {Flower}.
Note: The calyx is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes
delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone
and the four-o'clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called
a sepal.
2. (Anat.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney,
which surrounds one or more of the renal papill[ae].
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