Calyx vs Calico - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between calyx and calico

is that calyx is (anatomy) a cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney while calico is calico.

(wikipedia calyx)

(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.

(wikipedia calico)

Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings.

The calico -patterned tablecloths were supposed to make the restaurant look rustic; instead, they made it look run down.

* (l)

(en-noun)

A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.

A cat with fur of the colors black, white and orange.

* * (Calico cat)