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noun (calyces)
  1. (anatomy) A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney
  2. (botany) Collective term for the sepals of a flower, i.e. the outermost whorl of flower parts, when this is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
  3. (zoology) The crown of a crinoid
Etymology: calyx from kalyx

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