calyx betydelse and definition

Exempel på calyx

• If we examine a blossom bud just before it opens we will see only the calyx. 

• In the buttercup and mustard the calyx is divided into separate parts called sepals. 

• The flowers usually have a calyx, and may have only stamens or carpels, or both. 

• We call this cloak the calyx, because when it opens it looks like a cup, and the word calyx means cup. 

• When the petals fall, the calyx is open and this is the time to spray. 

• The cotyledons and corolla of a plant are worked on by an expansive force, while the calyx and coronas are affected by a contractive force.

• Some seeds are starchy, and some have resiny calyx tubes while others have thick ones.

• Uninfested fruits were not entered by females except in the case of apple where they entered through the calyx.