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What is the difference between calyx and achlamydeous?

calyx | achlamydeous |

In botany terms the difference between calyx and achlamydeous

is that calyx is the outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, when it is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla) while achlamydeous is naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

As a noun calyx

is a cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.

As an adjective achlamydeous is

naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

calyx

English

(wikipedia calyx)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.
  • (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, when it is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
  • (zoology) The crown of a crinoid.

    • achlamydeous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.