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The flower's bodyguard — sepals that take the bruises so petals can show off.
means The outer ring of sepals that encloses and protects a flower bud before it opens.
from From Greek kalyx, meaning 'husk,' 'cup,' or 'covering' — related to the verb kalyptein, 'to cover or conceal' (the same root that gives us 'apocalypse,' literally an 'uncovering'). The Greeks saw the bud-casing as a little cup holding the flower, and the word passed into Latin as calyx before entering botanical English largely unchanged.
- etymology
- Greek for husk or cup
- job
- protects the bud before it opens
- made of
- sepals, fused or separate
- bonus role
- in kidneys, collects urine too