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Involucre vs Calyx - What's the difference?

involucre | calyx |

As a verb involucre

is .

As a noun calyx is

(anatomy) a cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.

involucre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.

    • Anagrams

    * volucrine ----

    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.