calix

Meaning of calix

noun
  1. the sepals of a flower, typically forming a whorl that encloses the petals and forms a protective layer around a flower in bud.
  2. a cuplike cavity or structure.

late 17th century: from Latin, from Greek kalux ‘case of a bud, husk’, related to kaluptein ‘to hide’.

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Hyphenation of calix

calix

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • calix is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with calix

Alix, acetoxycalix, butylcalix, methoxycalix, microcalix, pyocalix, tetrahydroxycalix, undecylcalix, Salix, salix

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