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- adjective Having a (specified type of)
calyx
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Examples
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I hope you get a solid selection of that black-calyxed Salvia coccinea.
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The flat-calyxed Boraginea, Melilotus officinalis also found; Potamogeton cylindrifolia, Centaurea lutea.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The purple Lactucoid of Cabul re-appears, and the curious flat fruit calyxed Boraginea of Shawl both in abundance.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Then, as she leaned forward, both elbows resting more comfortably upon the wall, and thereby disclosing her slim body among the foliage like a crimson flower green-calyxed: "You are not a nun -- Blood of God! you are the Princess Katharine!"
Chivalry James Branch Cabell 1918
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Frances, I’ve seen the black calyxed Salvia labeled as S. coccinea ‘Forest Fire’ at Houston area nurseries.
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