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Is calyx a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word calyx is a Scrabble US word. The word calyx is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is calyx a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word calyx is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

CALYX,

4-letter words (4 found)

ACYL,CALX,CLAY,LACY,

3-letter words (6 found)

CAL,CAY,CLY,LAC,LAX,LAY,

2-letter words (5 found)

AL,AX,AY,LA,YA,

You can make 16 words from calyx according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of calyx

calyx aclyx clayx lcayx alcyx lacyx caylx acylx cyalx ycalx ayclx yaclx clyax lcyax cylax yclax lycax ylcax alycx laycx aylcx yalcx lyacx ylacx calxy aclxy claxy lcaxy alcxy lacxy caxly acxly cxaly xcaly axcly xacly clxay lcxay cxlay xclay lxcay xlcay alxcy laxcy axlcy xalcy lxacy xlacy cayxl acyxl cyaxl ycaxl aycxl yacxl caxyl acxyl cxayl xcayl axcyl xacyl cyxal ycxal cxyal xcyal yxcal xycal ayxcl yaxcl axycl xaycl yxacl xyacl clyxa lcyxa cylxa yclxa lycxa ylcxa clxya lcxya cxlya xclya lxcya xlcya cyxla ycxla cxyla xcyla yxcla xycla lyxca ylxca lxyca xlyca yxlca xylca alyxc layxc aylxc yalxc lyaxc ylaxc alxyc laxyc axlyc xalyc lxayc xlayc ayxlc yaxlc axylc xaylc yxalc xyalc lyxac ylxac lxyac xlyac yxlac xylac

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Definitions and meaning of calyx

calyx

Alternative forms

  • calix

Etymology

From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice and kelch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæ.lɪks/, /ˈkeɪ.lɪks/
  • Rhymes: -ælɪks

Noun

calyx (plural calyces or calyxes)

  1. (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
    Meronym: sepal
  2. (zoology, anatomy) Any of various cup-like structures.
    1. A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
    2. The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
    3. A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
    4. A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.

Derived terms

  • calyx eye

Translations

Further reading

  • calyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • calyx (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • calyx (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “calyx”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.lyks/, [ˈkälʲʏks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.liks/, [ˈkäːliks]

Noun

calyx m (genitive calycis); third declension

  1. The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.
  2. A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.
  3. (by extension) The shell of fruits, pericarp.
  4. (by extension) An eggshell.
  5. A fitting on a Roman pipe

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • calyculus

Descendants

  • → English: calyx
  • → French: calice
  • → Galician: cáliz
  • → Portuguese: cálice
  • → Spanish: cáliz

See also

  • calix

References

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20160925020435/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/calyx
  • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/calyx
  • “calyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org