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Calyx is an English word with synonyms like coil or whorl. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Calyx in a sentence

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Calyx | Calyxes | Calyxt

Calyx meaning

  1. The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
  2. Any of various cup-like structures.
  3. A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.

Synonyms of Calyx

coil whorl roll curl curlicue ringlet gyre scroll

Related words

Other words often associated with Calyx or its synonyms:

hair lock construction structure spiral helix move chemist band travel revolution squiggle

Using Calyx

  • The main meaning on this page is: The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. | Any of various cup-like structures. | A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
  • Useful related words include: coil, whorl, roll, curl.
  • In the example corpus, calyx often appears in combinations such as: the calyx, calyx is, calyx teeth.

Context around Calyx

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

aster 1× colored 1× dried 1× pink 1×

Often after:

teeth 2× lobes 2× headey 1× journal 1× chalis 1× owing 1×

Sentence patterns with Calyx

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

above the calyx owing to 1× and is calyx journal s 1× are the calyx chalis 1× aster calyx headey is 1× below the calyx the little 1× calyx has been 1× contain the calyx lobes or 1× enlarged colored calyx lobes are 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the calyx is 3× aster calyx headey 1× bliss goldstein has 1× calyx has been 1× deanna and campos 1× dezhi robinson 2001 1×

Common sentence endings:

basally fused lobes 1× ex military man 1× five sharp teeth 1× for prose writing 1× in tropical asia 1× on long stalks 1×

Words around Calyx

Just before it in the word index:

calyrex 2 calypsos 3 calypsonians 8 calypsonian 7 calypsocookie 6 calypso 68

Just after it in the word index:

calyxes 3 calyxt 2 calzada 4 calzaghe 6 calzone 7 calzones 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Calyx

  • In this selection, "calyx" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, aster, colored, dried, teeth, lobes and headey stand out and add context to how "calyx" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include above the calyx owing to and and is calyx journal s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "calyx" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with calyx

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The flowers are small, convert diameter, with pink calyx. (9 words)

The calyx has four or five sepals with basally fused lobes. (11 words)

The dried calyx is used as fuel in wood-fired stoves. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Calyx has been the talking horse since his impressive Newmarket debut and as it would not be Gosden’s normal way of working to bring a juvenile here 10 days after debut, that can be taken as a tip in itself. (41 words)

Deanna and Campos identified this chili pepper fossil in the CU Boulder Museum of Natural History collections by the unique shape of its calyx teeth: spikes on the end of the fruiting stem that hold on to the pepper. (39 words)

The rims around the outside of the hypanthium contain the calyx lobes or free sepals, petals and either the stamen or multiple stamen that are attached at one or two points. (31 words)

Example sentences (18)

Aster Calyx (Headey) is a government agent while Halan Kai Nelson (James) is a stoic ex-military man.

Bliss Goldstein has written for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Mercury News, and is CALYX Journal’s 2022 winner of the Margarita Donnelly Prize for Prose Writing.

Deanna and Campos identified this chili pepper fossil in the CU Boulder Museum of Natural History collections by the unique shape of its calyx teeth: spikes on the end of the fruiting stem that hold on to the pepper.

So you slice off the stem end just below the calyx, the little cap.

Calyx has been the talking horse since his impressive Newmarket debut and as it would not be Gosden’s normal way of working to bring a juvenile here 10 days after debut, that can be taken as a tip in itself.

Dezhi & Robinson (2001) the five points that stick out further than the petals are the calyx (chalis).

Growers typically cut fruits from the vine just above the calyx owing to the somewhat woody stems.

Mussaenda cultivars with enlarged, colored calyx lobes are shrubs with the aspect of Hydrangea ; they are mainly cultivated in tropical Asia.

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The calyx has four or five sepals with basally fused lobes.

The calyx is long and tubular, swollen at the bottom, and sharply angled, surmounted by five sharp teeth.

The calyx is tubular or campanulate, they are slightly curved or straight, and the limbs are often 2-lipped with five teeth.

The calyx is usually spathaceous in Tabebuia, but never so in Handroanthus.

The dried calyx is used as fuel in wood-fired stoves.

The flowers are small, convert diameter, with pink calyx.

The rims around the outside of the hypanthium contain the calyx lobes or free sepals, petals and either the stamen or multiple stamen that are attached at one or two points.

The three 0.8 to 1.2 cm long sepals are fused, white, have fluffy hairs and the three calyx teeth are unequal.

The two upper petals are large and are placed under the hood of the calyx and are supported on long stalks.

Unlike Roseodendron, the calyx of Tabebuia is always distinctly harder and thicker than the corolla.

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Common combinations with calyx

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "calyx" in a sentence?
An example: "Aster Calyx (Headey) is a government agent while Halan Kai Nelson (James) is a stoic ex-military man." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "calyx" from authentic English texts.
What does "calyx" mean?
Calyx means: The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
What are synonyms of "calyx"?
Common synonyms of "calyx" include: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll.
How many example sentences with "calyx" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "calyx", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.