Calyx vs. Sepal

Calyxnoun

(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

Calyxnoun

Any of various cup-like structures.

Calyxnoun

A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.

Calyxnoun

The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.

Calyxnoun

A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.

Calyxnoun

A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.

Calyxnoun

The covering of a flower. See Flower.

Calyxnoun

A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillæ.

Calyxnoun

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green

Sepalnoun

(botany) One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when the sepals in a plant's calyx are not fused into a single structure.

Sepalnoun

A leaf or division of the calyx.

Sepalnoun

one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower

Sepal

A sepal ( or ) 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.