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Example sentences for "corymbs"

Lexicographically close words:
corvettes; corvine; corybantic; corymb; corymbose; coryza; cos; cosa; cosas; cose
  1. The stigmas on four other corymbs on both plants were well smeared with pollen from the flowers on their own corymbs; these eight corymbs produced altogether ten extremely poor seeds, which proved incapable of germinating.

  2. Many stigmas on two corymbs were covered with pollen from the foregoing purple variety, and these produced eleven and twenty-two seeds, which germinated well.

  3. A large number of the stigmas on several of the other corymbs were repeatedly smeared with pollen from their own corymb; but they yielded only five very poor seeds, which were incapable of germination.

  4. Two of the eight corymbs thus treated produced very few seeds, but the other six produced on an average 41.

  5. Two purple-flowered varieties were placed under a net in the greenhouse, and four corymbs on each were repeatedly brushed with flowers from the other plant, so that their stigmas were well covered with each other's pollen.

  6. Flowers in corymbs or panicles, often polygamous or dioecious.

  7. Shrubs, with simple palmately-lobed leaves and umbel-like corymbs of white flowers.

  8. Shrubs or perennial herbs, with simple or pinnate leaves, and white or rose-colored flowers in corymbs or panicles.

  9. Shrubby plants; flowers in little umbel-like clusters, forming dense panicles or corymbs at the summit of naked flower-branches; calyx and pedicels colored like the petals.

  10. Ashe) the young branchlets, petioles, and corymbs are often puberulous and the under surface of the leaves more or less hairy, especially on the midrib and veins.

  11. Differing from the type in its pubescent branchlets and winter-buds, its usually larger leaves, and in its tomentose corymbs of more numerous flowers.

  12. Defn: A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries.

  13. Defn: A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers.

  14. An evergreen shrub, bearing in corymbs at the end of the branches pale-red trumpet-flowers something after the style of Fuchsia corymbiflora.

  15. Aucuparia), when laden with its hanging corymbs of rich scarlet berries is a delightful picture, and it reaches its full beauty in August.

  16. A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers.

  17. At first the flowers seem small, but later they form broad masses of dazzling whiteness, the corymbs being the size of a crown piece.

  18. They are individually small, but the corymbs will be from 2in.

  19. The smaller corymbs are arched or convex, causing the cluster or compound corymb to present an uneven surface; the small flowers are of rich old gold colour, and have the appearance of knotted gold cord; they are very rigid, almost hard.

  20. The flowers are somewhat singular, arranged in corymbs of a multiplex character; they are very large, often 5in.

  21. In this climate they require the protection of a green-house, and are very striking for the great profusion of their corymbs of pure white or deep yellow flowers.

  22. The form of the blossoms and corymbs is pretty nearly the same in both.

  23. The pure white flowers of this species are very freely produced in corymbs along the shoots of the previous season during the months of June and July.

  24. Too well-known to need description, but one of our handsomest small-growing trees, and whether for the sake of its dense corymbs of small white flowers or large bunches of scarlet fruit it is always welcomed and admired.

  25. It produces a profusion of umbel-like corymbs of pretty white flowers, that are succeeded by curious swollen membraneous purplish fruit.

  26. Flowers in spreading corymbs of a very beautiful rose colour, and at their best from the middle of May till the middle of June.

  27. A Panicle=, such as that of Oats and many Grasses, is a compound flower-cluster of a more or less open sort which branches with apparent irregularity, neither into corymbs nor racemes.

  28. Lindley has named Loudonia aurea, and which is a large shrub, with corymbs of golden yellow flowers.

  29. There are many kinds of Ixora, all stove shrubs, and all conspicuous for their large heads or rather corymbs of showy flowers.

  30. Virginia and Carolina, and is a climbing shrub, with terminal corymbs of white, sweet-scented flowers.

  31. Beautiful shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, with the habit of Pimelea, and corymbs of pale pink flowers.

  32. The only plant contained in this order is a beautiful shrub from Sierra Leone, with terminal corymbs of white flowers, and coriaceous leaves.

  33. It belongs to the same genus as the Groundsel, but differs in having very showy, terminal corymbs of large, bright yellow flowers with spreading rays.

  34. The corymbs of white flowers bloom in April; and the fruit, though much like that of P.

  35. Corymbs of purplish flowers, small and hanging on long peduncles; appearing after the leaves.

  36. Flowers small, white, in panicles or corymbs in late spring.

  37. A handsome plant with opposite serrate leaves and corymbs of purple-red flowers somewhat like those of the foxglove.

  38. A tall plant with large maple-like leaves and loose corymbs of delicate white flowers.

  39. A low shrub with dense corymbs of rose-colored flowers.

  40. A handsome plant with pinnate leaves and corymbs of pale blue flowers.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "corymbs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.