calyx

So you slice off the stem end just below the calyx, the little cap.

From Salon ● May 13, 2023

But the longer the three men talked, the closer they moved together, blotting out the room, a calyx of celebrity and mutual regard.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2018

"Here we have this discovery of these incredibly rare, delicate fossils - here you have a berry surrounded by this papery calyx - it's almost unheard of that such a thing could be fossilised."

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2017

Pretty, blush-pink flowers bloom on red wine-stemmed bushes with trident leaves, but it’s not the delicate petals that you want, but the outer sepals that form the protective, pointy calyx around the flower bud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2016

The stem, calyx, rose and leaves were now one and seemed to have grown so.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

On the inside of the kidney, the renal pelvis branches out into two or three extensions called the major calyces, which further branch into the minor calyces.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

From here, the papillae deliver the filtrate, now called urine, into the minor calyces that eventually connect to the ureters through the renal pelvis.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

As urine is formed, it drains into the calyces of the kidney, which merge to form the funnel-shaped renal pelvis in the hilum of each kidney.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

This filtrate is processed and finally gathered by collecting ducts that drain into the minor calyces, which merge to form major calyces; the filtrate then proceeds to the renal pelvis and finally the ureters.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

They are very partial to the nectar enclosed within the calyces of rhododendron flowers.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar

In addition to learning how to distinguish your calyxes from your corollas, Margelony provides an extensive list of Pacific Northwest public gardens with fuchsia collections.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2023

On the cultivar ‘Black and Blue’, the blooms emerge from striking black calyxes.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022

The fresh calyxes are crimson, succulent tapered chonks with frills, like the heads of tiny dragons.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022

I use a little chicken broth to add flavor to the reconstituted calyxes, but vegetable or mushroom broth would make a fine substitution for vegetarians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2016

I harvested the fallen ones from the ground below and removed their green calyxes at the base of the petals.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo