calices
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Some of the plants were not yet in bloom, their buds curled in pink, pointed spirals held in the pale green calices, but most were already star-flowering and giving off their strong scent.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Her tiny claws must laboriously gather the powder from the calices, which powder she needs must swallow in order to take it back to her lair.
From The Life of the Bee by Sutro, Alfred
Lacking good, honest, deep green, one suspects from the yellowish tone of calices, stem, and leaves, that this plant is something of a thief.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje
By now the sun was up, and the celandine calices expanded into perfect golden stars.
From Lives of the Fur Folk by Haviland, M. D.
Inventes illic, qui Nestoris ebibat annos: Qu� sit per calices facta Sibylla suos.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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