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Calyx vs Calix - What's the difference?

calyx | calix |

As nouns the difference between calyx and calix

is that calyx is a cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney while calix is dated form of lang=en.

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.

    • calix

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
    • (Webster 1913) ----