cáliz

Definitions of cáliz
  1. noun
    a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
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    examples:
    grial
    (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
  2. noun
    (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
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    types:
    papo, vilano
    calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
    type of:
    bucle, carrete, chicho, espiral, rizo, rodete, rollo, rulo, sortija, tirabuzón
    a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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