calyx

Converse of object

• have: The buds have very large calyxes often with long dark stripes showing.
• split: Do not allow pots to dry out completely, this could weaken the stems and lead to split calyx.
• produce: The flower head becomes a prickly seed head, with each individual flower producing a stiff spiky calyx holding the seed.

Converse of subject

• surround: The fruits are shiny black berries, surrounded by a persistent calyx, which looks like a star.

Adjective modifier

• large: The buds have very large calyxes often with long dark stripes showing.
• pistillate: Falling pistils mark the end of the developmental cycle of the individual pistillate calyx.
• hairy: Mechanical injury by hairy calyx can occur ( Muenscher 1951 ).
• spiky: Each individual flower produces its own seed, which is held tightly in the spiky calyx.
• green: The tips of its delicate pink petals peered above the clasping green calyx.
• small: Joker a deep red with a small calyx and Green Mist to name but two.

Modifies a noun

• band: All disks and calyx bands to be removed before staging.
• production: A strain where maximum calyx production occurs simultaneously with peak resin production is a breeding goal not yet attained.
• growth: This is the point of optimum harvest for some strains, since most additional calyx growth has ceased.
• percentage: Calyx percentage ranges from 30 to 70 % of the dry weight of the seedless floral clusters, depending on variety and harvest date.

Noun used with modifier

• target: Target calyx entry successful at first attempt in all cases.
• burst: A flower containing a burst calyx must be disqualified.

Preposition: of

• flower: It is not a flower, but only the calyx of a flower.