Each commences within the sinus of the corresponding kidney as a number of short cup-shaped tubes, termed calyces, which encircle the renal papillæ. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3b. 2. The Ureters] Reference
To brew, the general rule is to use one calyces per person. From Wordnik.com. [Hibiscus Tea] Reference
The calyces become charged with oil glands, and yield a greater abundance of volatile oil. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891] Reference
The ivory calyces are falling gently to the earth as the leaves emerge from the branch tips. From Wordnik.com. [Before They Are Gone « Fairegarden] Reference
The calyces also contain 17% oil with 26% albuminoids, providing high amounts of food energy. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
As they fade the calyces become fleshy and much enlarged, and resemble the fruit of the hawthorn when ripe. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The still is charged with 25 to 50 lb. of roses, not previously deprived of their calyces, and double the volume of spring water. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
These are dried Hibiscus calyces but depending on where you are, you might also know them as Sorrel, Jamaica, Roselle or Karkady. From Wordnik.com. [Hibiscus Tea] Reference
Under normal circumstances it will be found that laminar venation is most common in gamosepalous and vaginal venation in polysepalous calyces. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The normal coloration of the calyx occurs most frequently in polysepalous calyces; teratological coloration, on the other hand, occurs especially in gamosepalous flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Add sorrel calyces, raisins, lime juice, vinegar and scotch bonnet. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica - Full Feed] Reference
Dried Hibiscus calyces and petals Wikipedia picture If you like this. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year and MISSION Skincare Co-Founder, Serena Williams, Teams Up with CVS/pharmacy to Launch National 'Active Lifestyle Skincare Destinations'] Reference
A few bees still visited the dying calyces but returned disappointed to their hives. From Wordnik.com. [Married] Reference
They are very partial to the nectar enclosed within the calyces of rhododendron flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
When the rhododendrons are in flower, these birds partake very freely of the nectar enclosed within their crimson calyces. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
'Lily Pons' - is almost magnolia-like, pure white with apple-blossom calyces that float above clean, Bentley-green foliage. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The flour still adhered to this side; I see little bracteae or stipules apparently with glandular ends at the base of the calyces. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
He flits about in the sunbeams, passing from flower to flower, extracting with his long tubular tongue the nectar hidden away in their calyces. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
As the flower petals drop, a unique display of red-purple begins, as the bases of the flowers (calyces) expand to surround the developing seeds. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News Tribune Homepage RSS] Reference
And the food these workers deal out is nicely proportioned to the abundance of flowers, to the spoil brought back by those who visit the calyces. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Bee] Reference
Bright sunbirds flit from bloom to bloom, now hovering in the air on rapidly-vibrating wings, now dipping their slender curved bills into the calyces. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
The flowers were all gone, and the brown calyces of the geranium flowers reminded him of the length of time which had elapsed since he had first seen them. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 01] Reference
Philadelphus delavayi does not lie so much in its open flowers-which are admittedly large and beautiful-but in the sumptuous plum-purple calyces that back the flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
They terminate in the nucleus of the trapezoid body in diffuse arborizations and peculiar end plaques or acoustic calyces of yellowish color which fuse with the cell bodies. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
The hibiscus tea was prepared by brewing one tea bag containing 1.25 g of dried hibiscus calyces in 8 oz of boiled water for six minutes, after which the tea bag was removed. From Wordnik.com. [theHeart.org] Reference
This proves a veritable feast for the forlorn remnant of wasps and butterflies, -- the year's end stragglers whose flower calyces have fallen and given place to swelling seeds. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
In the case of flowers with very deep calyces, he sometimes makes short cut to the honey by piercing with his sharp curved bill a hole in the side through which to insert the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
“The rose in the sleeves or calyces.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The swollen calyces of the flowers harvested. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
Time will unfold the calyces of gold. From Wordnik.com. [Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians] Reference
Its blood-red calyces. From Wordnik.com. [Turris Eburnea] Reference
7 cups of sorrel calyces. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica - Full Feed] Reference
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