How to pronounce calyx

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What calyx means

noun

The ring of small green leaves that cups the bottom of a flower

In a sentence: As the rose opened, its green calyx peeled back from the petals.

Where it comes from: It comes through Latin from a Greek word for the case around a bud, or a husk.

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