| 单词 | calyx |
| 释义 | calyx (once / 4434 pages) n WORD FAMILY calyx: calyces, calyxes USAGE EXAMPLESCut off the tough green calyxes and slice each persimmon in 10 to 12 wedges. Los Angeles Times(Oct 21, 2016) Crème de Menthe: It has pale yellow blooms that are dramatically contrasted with the gray blooms of its stems and flower “cups,” or calyxes. Washington Post(Aug 29, 2016) The succulent calyxes can be eaten fresh and the sensation is similar to munching on raw cranberries. Los Angeles Times(Jul 15, 2016) n (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 Hypo|Hyper hull persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry pappuscalyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions thistledownpappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
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