anthesis

Example Sentences

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"I feel we are the anthesis of each other and I am glad about that."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023

Quinoa flowers were marked at anthesis, and seeds were sampled at 12, 16, 20 and 24 days after anthesis.

From Nature • Feb. 7, 2017

The tall, whippet-slender Walter is the anthesis of her recent on-screen characters — sweet and funny, with a kind word for everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2014

The genus Eucalyptus is named for its unusual floral structure derived from the Greek eu-, well, and kaluptos, covered, which refers to the operculum that covers the floral buds before anthesis.

From Nature • Jun. 10, 2014

Emasculation and bagging was done at the beginning of anthesis, that is, when the first unisexual male catkins began to shed pollen.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association