How to use calyces in a sentence
The flour still adhered to this side; I see little bracteae or stipules apparently with glandular ends at the base of the calyces.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinEach head is surrounded below by a whorl of lobed bracts about as long as the calyces which become swollen after flowering.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe dark crimson calyces are very fleshy and make excellent jelly, which has somewhat the flavor of the cranberry.
Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands | Gerrit Parmile WilderNormally the eggs of the spring butterflies are laid on the under side of the calyces of flower-buds of holly (Ilex).
The Butterflies of the British Isles | Richard SouthIn Allopora the cyclostems resemble the calyces of Anthozoan corals.
British Dictionary definitions for calyces
/ (ˈkælɪˌsiːz, ˈkeɪlɪ-) /
a plural of calyx
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