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calix


A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure; specifically one of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project.

Synonym: calyx.

Origin: L. Fr. G. Kalyx, the cup of a flower