Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to:
Biology
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Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures in animal anatomy
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Calyx (botany)
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...
, the collective name for sepals of a flower
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''Calyce'' (beetle), a genus of beetles
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''Calyx'' (sponge), a genus of sea sponges
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Calyx of Held, a large synapse in the auditory brainstem structure
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Eubela calyx
''Eubela calyx'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
(Original description) The shell is decollate and with the aperture imperfect, having evidentl ...
'', species of sea snail
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Renal calyx
The renal calyces are chambers of the kidney through which urine passes. The minor calyces surround the apex of the renal pyramids. Urine formed in the kidney passes through a renal papilla at the apex into the minor calyx; two or three minor cal ...
, a chamber in the kidney that surrounds the apex of the renal pyramids
Other uses
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Calyx (fictional moon)
''Colony Wars'' is a space combat simulator video game for the PlayStation developed and released by Psygnosis in 1997. Players complete space combat missions using preselected starfighters equipped with various weapons. The game features multi ...
, a fictional moon in ''Colony Wars''
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''Calyx'' (magazine), a literary journal
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Calyx (musician)
Calyx is a British drum and bass act, specialising in the techstep style. Previously the duo of Larry Cons and Chris Rush (both of London), it is now a solo project of Larry Cons.
Their first release was in 1998 for Moving Shadow sublabel Au ...
, UK producer of drum and bass
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Calyce (mythology), several figures in Greek mythology
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CALYX, publisher
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Calyx AI, a biopharmaceutical services company
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Calyx Institute
The Calyx Institute is a New York-based 501(c)(3) research and education nonprofit organization formed to make privacy and digital security more accessible. It was founded in 2010 by Nicholas Merrill, Micah Anderson, and Kobi Snitz.
History
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, a non-profit education and research organization
* "Calyx", a textile design by
Lucienne Day
* "Calyx", a song by Hatfield and the North from their album
''Hatfield and the North'' (album)
* Calyx, a type of
krater in ancient Greek pottery
* Calyx, a glasshouse and exhibition centre in the
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney is a heritage-listed major botanical garden, event venue and public recreation area located at Farm Cove on the eastern fringe of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government a ...
See also
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Calix (disambiguation)
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