The so-called calyx-tube of roses is elsewhere alluded to. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The calyx is a bright brown colour, rather large and bell-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The calyx is the outer covering of the flower — the symmetrical cup in which it commonly rests. From Wordnik.com. [Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All-Wise and Beneficent Creator.] Reference
In the cherry, peach and apple, the calyx is a cup or tube with the upper edge divided into lobes. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
In other cases the so-called calyx-tube seems as certainly to be an expansion of the receptacle, as in. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Evidently, then, the calyx is a protecting covering for the other parts of the flower until blossoming time. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
Just within the calyx is the corolla, which usually forms the most attractive, showy, and beautiful part of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.] Reference
The flower has little hooks upon what is called the calyx, and when the petals open they burst the hooks with a snapping noise. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
The calyx, which is so small as to escape notice unless one is aware of its existence, is annular, with small, tooth-like indentations. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
The green case, called the calyx, which contains the scarlet petals, is already partly open; it is splitting in half, and the flower will soon be out. From Wordnik.com. [Wildflowers of the Farm] Reference
The calyx is a row of small points cut in light green wax; the points are touched with a brush containing a little brown, and then passed once round the flower. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
Like most similar specimens, this one bears out the notion that what is called the calyx-tube in roses is really an expansion and dilatation of the top of the flower-stalk. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
At other times, however, true axillary prolification exists in these flowers; but then the supplemental florets have always a calyx, which is wanting in the other instances. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
At the bottom of each flower is a fleshy, bright red cup-like calyx, which is the main edible part of the plant, though the leaves sometimes are collected and eaten as greens. From Wordnik.com. [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference
What's used to brew the teas and make the beverages is the part called the calyx, or "the outer shell of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
Sepalody of petals, 282 -- Petalody of calyx, calycanthemy. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Solution of calyx from ovary, 77 -- Of stamens from petals, 82. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
In this case the calyx stage, we may say, is attained at one leap. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
This soon eats its way into the apple, entering usually at the calyx end. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
~ -- Name and point out the parts of the flower (calyx, corolla, pollen boxes, seed cases). From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The completed leaf, preceding the plant's withdrawal into the calyx, represents a triumph of structure over matter. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Using the names calyx and corolla, describe the circle of flower leaves as to number, colour, and relative position. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Now we observe that in the calyx this stage is not improved on, but that the plant recurs to a much simpler formation. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
In some cases in this sub-order, the calyx becomes detached from the carpels, so that the latter organs become more or less. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
= Not persistent; applied to leaves that fall in autumn and to calyx and corolla when they fall off before the fruit develops. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
When this change happens in the calyx we have the gamosepalous condition replaced by the polysepalous one, as thus represented. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Behind the inconspicuous sheath of the calyx we see the plant preparing itself for a new creation of an entirely different order. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
It is curious to notice how very rare it is for the calyx to adhere to the ovary in flowers where that organ is normally superior. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
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