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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