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calyx - use in sentences
Converse of object
- 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
- 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.
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