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Sentence Examples Dried stalks that will poke up through snow, a thin shadow, barely a study in black and white. They processed the grain there using a threshing sled to separate the stalks or chaff from the grain. The shoots and stalks themselves are casts composed of combinations of chalcedony, quartz, calcite, and barite. She slowly stalks around the table, taking her time chalking the cue, and she seems to be winning most of the games. We take a young chancer, a ducker, a diver, to dinner, to a smart restaurant where Guantanamera stalks every table. Also pictured are stalks of sugar cane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove. Rhubarb is a tart vegetable rich in vitamin A whose cherry-red, celerylike stalks are frequently served in sweet desserts. Without warning the stalks supporting the crab's beady black eyes shoot straight up at me. Sclerites are mounted on short stalks of the integument, connected to the undersurface of the central disc, and are external to the body surface. Their eyes are situated on the top of the head, sometimes on stalks, and their nostrils are tubular. A fiddler crab's eyes are mounted on stalks that point straight up, and they command a panoramic, 360-degree view. Pedunculate barnacles, with fleshy stalks, suffer from reduced preservational potential. Note that the indicator and wiper stalks have a new action that takes time to get used to. There are steering column stalks to control the audio and cruise control and expect to find plenty of cubby holes and storage bins. The stalks controlling lights and windscreen wipers are to European standards, with lights to the left and wipers to the right. The only annoyance is that the wiper and light control stalks remain on the Japanese sides of the steering wheel. These are irritations, but the fact that the lights and wiper stalks have not been swapped to suit European drivers is a real nuisance. Joe tries to shake him off, but Jed stalks him relentlessly, becoming ever more insistent. My naivete was shaken some years ago, much before the fear and insecurity that stalks our streets today. But then someone's got to care in a world where Dr Death makes housecalls and fear stalks the land. Show More Sentences If the asparagus is fresh, then snap the stalks where they bend, otherwise cut. Snap the woody ends off the asparagus stalks, rinse them well, and dry them thoroughly with paper towels. I never expected such a big man to move so quickly, and I must have looked a sight with my jaw on the ground and my eyes out on stalks. Flames rush through patches of cane, burning off extraneous tassels and blades, leaving only the sucrose-rich stalks. He stalks around and pounces and growls and roars if he feels that anyone is a threat to us. It stripped the grain from the stalks and threshed them to separate the grain from the ears. Ticos taught them to plant ash-loving squash in burn piles, and to plant pole beans to climb up corn stalks. Polaski stalks the stage with confidence, her clawlike hands in a constant state of threatening menace. Come recess, country boys would rush outside to reap stalks of wild beargrass which they would fashion into spears. The pea stalks, dry as tinder, caught quickly and burned merrily, sending a plume of clean white smoke up to catch the wind. Similarly, setae may be simple stalks with single spatulate tips, or they may be sparsely or profusely branched. Suddenly, one of the horses stumbled, sending the rider crashing through fallen corn stalks and into a hidden pit beneath. Try the birds rubbed with butter, salt and pepper and pot-roasted on a bed of halved white chicory, celery stalks and bay leaves. They share specific features, such as the sharply pointed fronds and the sinuous stalks of flowers growing out of the volutes. Like him, I sat for ages removing all those fiddly little stalks, or shelling peas and beans. The grass upon which he had been laying shriveled up, black and as delicate as stalks of ash. Chop up the cores of five or six stalks of lemon grass and put them in a blender with a tumblerful of spirits, blend thoroughly. Plant according to directions, and when the bulb that forms at the base of the leaf begins to swell, pull earth around it to blanch the stalks. Highly silicified stalks to 10 cm in diameter have been found at this locality. Wash and remove stalks from spinach before frying lightly in a little butter. Show More Sentences A plant with an umbelliferous inflorescence is one whose flowers are borne on stalks or pedicels originating from a common node on the main stem. These are the terminal growths from major limbs and not short-shoot stalks growing directly off large limbs or trunks. Traditionally, island women chewed up the leaves and stalks of the kava-kava plant and spat the pulpy mass into the communal bowl. Cook the onion and garlic in two tablespoons of olive oil until the onion softens, then add the chopped mushroom stalks. Symptoms occur on all plant tissues, including leaves, tassels, ears, and less commonly on stalks. Milkweed fruits would in pairs, on stalks, and almost always in umbellate inflorescences rather than on something spicate like yours looks. He stalks his prey with bravado and near-relish, killing unremorsefully on his unremitting quest to destroy the accused. Dim-witted because education held no escape, unstylish because poverty stalks the abused, these people are the spat out remains of a horrid meal. The buds are dried for 10 days before being snipped off the stalks and bagged. Choose eggplants that feel heavy with smooth, taut, unblemished skin and fresh-looking unwithered green stalks. Thousands of singers wore multi-colored robes and held uplifted stalks of cotton. The Guernsey lily, N. sarniensis, makes clusters of 10 iridescent crimson flowers, also on 2-foot stalks. The worst of the worst what is left after basic consummation the longitudinal fibroma of sugarcane stalks the iridescent pulp. The ability to blend with low cover such as a clump of standing stalks or a brushy fence post gives the dove hunter two trumps. All you need to do is wash, trim and cut the young tender stalks into short pieces. These are built of stalks and leaves of bulrushes, flag, and reed-mace and reed. Infected tomato plant leaves become mottled and discolored and the stalks grow weak and spindly. This plant, with its stalks of small, bunchy flowers, is known in the industry for its spicy-sweet fragrance. Mature larvae burrow into the stalks and pupate, and a summer flight of moths appears from late July to August. Halve the lemon grass stalks and squash the bases with the flat side of a knife. Show More Sentences He stalks her, following her to the church where she does volunteer work, and even calls her up anonymously on the telephone. Dactyloscopids derive their common name, sand stargazers, from their eyes, which protrude from the tops of their heads, sometimes on stalks. The leaves, stalks and seeds of the cannabis plant look like greeny-brown tobacco. The feed hayed off to dry grass and stalks which won't maintain even a dry cow let alone one with a calf at foot. When purchasing choose stalks that are bright coloured, wilted or flappy stalks indicate stringiness. Some of the time the crowd drown him out completely, and he stalks the stage revelling in the adulation. Cut high to leave lower stalks in the field and never allow green chop to heat in the wagon or feed bunk. All switchgear is sensibly laid out and both main beam and indicator stalks needed only a soft flick to operate them. Examples include plastics made from soybeans, building materials made from corn stalks and fuels made from switchgrass. Rinse the berries and tip them into a dish, removing the strawberry hulls and currant stalks as you go. Wash the strawberries remove the stalks and hull, then cut them into pieces and place in bowls. Few crustaceans hunt prey as a lion or a tiger does, but the mantis shrimp visually selects and stalks its victim. Three such soldiers were there at this time, cleaving through waves of eye laden stalks as they rose from the dust. It was slow work, for the trees were close, and in places dense with the bare vines and stalks of undergrowth. Peel the pears and tug out their stalks, then halve the fruit and scoop out the cores with a teaspoon. An umbel is an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center. Corn stalks, and Indian corn are decorative touches that add so much to areas around your home. A mixture of bruised arum leaves and stalks with a quantity of dark, ferruginous earth and water was put into the gourd. The development team stalks the halls while the quality assurance team feverishly looks for bugs. The pincers certainly looked as though they belonged to a crab, as did the eyes on stalks. Show More Sentences Peel the outer layers from the lemon grass stalks and finely chop the lower white bulbous parts, discarding the fibrous tops. The 400 square metre plot will be harvested in a month and the fibrous stalks tested for nutrient levels. This machine breaks the skins of the grapes but doesn't press them, and removes all stalks and some of the pips. For example, leave six to eight rows of stalks standing at intermittent intervals to slow the wind and trap snow. Needs cool soil to produce flower stalks and pods, so plant early or wait until autumn. Many of last year's perennials still have dead flower stalks pointing skyward. Each of these flower stalks has fewer florets, but the plant as a whole is quite lovely. The stalks are a good source of vitamins C and A and provide plenty of folacin. Thin veal is sandwiched between sharp fontina and a half dozen thin stalks of pungent asparagus. The young and tender nettle is an excellent pot-herb and the stalks are good as flax for making cloth. Stalks of straw covered the floor and random stalks floated about in the breeze. He stalks the bars and foyers of five-star hotels, disconnected from family and country, isolated and seemingly impenetrable. A spirit is distilled from the stalks thus prepared, by first fermenting them with water and either mingling bilberries with them or not. In bottom of a deep roasting pan, place two quartered onions, four celery stalks, the carrots, bay leaves and white wine. As the plants mature, wire weeders can be run extremely close to the cotton's woody stalks without doing harm, allowing thorough cultivation. This September several of the stalks have bloomed with pretty white flowers that have a very nice scent. I got my husband to set up a few rat traps under my tomato plants and corn stalks. This helps prevent them from drooping or even completely bending over and breaking their stalks. The stalks contain oxalic acid, which is harmful if eaten to excess, but the amounts are no greater than those in spinach and chard, for example. But the tatsoi type is a better choice because it has much shorter leaf stalks. Show More Sentences The green wheat stalks are harvested and gathered in bunches, then roasted in the fields over an open wood or charcoal fire. The Balm-of-Gilead has heart-shaped leaves with rounded, slightly hairy leaf stalks. Racemes of foamflower reach toward the arching stalks of Solomon's seal and columbines mingle with the marginal woodferns. In the north, walls are made of millet stalks or reeds, and roofs are typically corrugated tin. Remove the stalks from the parsley and finely chop them, reserving the leaves for later. But coca is a very resilient plant, and fresh green leaves are already sprouting from stalks fumigated a few months ago. Stop harvesting when leafstalks begin to appear slender and remove any blossom stalks. Six-foot stalks of soybeans are piled in lean-tos and tepees along a rutted dirt road. Slice the carrots, leeks and celery and add to the pot with the parsley stalks and bay leaves, salt and pepper. You could also use dried sunflower stalks to make a trellis for annual vines. Avoid bunches that have thin, limp leaves that are pale-green or yellow or bunches with extremely large or blemished stalks. Stir in the borlotti beans and parsley stalks, then add the tomatoes, garlic and stock and bring to the boil. Best control can be obtained when the bugs are above ground on the plant stalks when temperatures are cool or after rain. This gray lump, made from the ashes of stalks of certain plants, contains the alkaline substance that invariably accompanies coca-chewing. Firmly plant the stalks into sand or vermiculite with most of the leaf blades exposed. Early plants had mainly green stalks, and it was those with a red tinge which were selected to produce the modern red varieties. Purple loosestrife can grow to 3-9 feet tall with several, square stalks per plant. These fluid-sucking larvae stunted the growth of the plants and damaged the stalks. After flowering, the stalks curl into a coil, drawing the seed capsule down on top of the tuber. So if you've still got some of the sunny flowers nodding on their stalks in your garden, borrow some of their petals. Show More Sentences After blooms fade, cut flower stalks close to the ground, leaving healthy green leaves in place to nourish next year's growth. Exacerbated by warm, humid weather, red blotch infects leaves, flower stalks, blooms and bulb scales. Cut off dead stalks and leaves from perennials, then top-dress the beds with 2 to 3 inches of compost and a sprinkling of fertilizer. Emphasis should be on good soil drainage because free water on the surface may cause decay at the crown or at the bases of the leaf stalks. Its heart-shaped leaves float on the water surface and five-petaled white flowers rise on little stalks above the leaves. In order to get a good grip on the shoot, the leaves were bent upwards and the leaf stalks gripped. Likewise, flowers that need to send up their stalks high into the sky, such as hollyhocks, will obviously fare better in a country garden than they will in a city window box. Far down the line of brightly painted longboats I saw a fisherman who owned just one net, which he had draped on a tepee of bamboo stalks to dry in the sun. So from the driver's seat, and looking straight ahead, there are no instruments other than those attached to the steering wheel, such as indicator and lighting stalks. Fresh leaves and stalks can be added to a mixed green salad, parboiled and served as a vegetable, or stir-fried alone or with other vegetables or meat. Sadly the cars come with plastic indicator stalks as standard but once these had been replaced with the stainless steel variety the interior is perfect. The rich, tangy sauce is a perfect foil for the tender green stalks, which should be cooked until just al dente. He also sold bouquets of nettles, thistles, and headless flower stalks. By the way, I think a few long stalks of calla lilies or tulips tied with a satin ribbon is so much more beautiful than a bouquet of coloured-tissue-wrapped flowers. When stalks and roots from an average corn crop are left to deteriorate in a no-till system, more than 1000 pounds of carbon per acre can be retained in the soil as humus. The blanched stalks or ribs of the inner leaves are favoured in Spain for the Madrid version of the nationally renowned cocido and are used in other dishes too. To cook asparagus, remove the woody ends first and peel part way up if the stalks are tough, then place in a skillet where the stalks can lie flat. For some reason, no matter which production I watch, I'm happy during the first three acts but the minute the old duffer stalks the moors in the storm, I'm lost. The way she clasped the stalks, her slouchy but upright posture, even her incessant munching were all banal facts of her life that instantly became bewitching to me. Taking Maggie with her, the two made their way to Adam's home, only to find him kneeling in his vegetable bed, inspecting the base of one of his tomato plant stalks. Show More Sentences The picture of flowers from three seasons, arranged in a terracotta vase, is admirably composed, with a trailing coherence of tendrils and twisting stalks. Here, his composition, line and Fauvist hues abstract the imagined essence of flowers on conspicuous stalks that may be heading on to hip and seed. Though the tender young flower shoots of any of the Asian brassicas can be delicious, choy sum types have been developed especially for their flower stalks and buds. We infuse the mint stalks with water and sugar to make a simple syrup. Bleached stalks of agave and sotol pierce the cloudless blue sky. While bamboo stalks and roots make up about 95 percent of its diet, the giant panda also feeds on gentians, irises, crocuses, fish, and occasionally small rodents. I like to munch on the stalks as a low-cal, delicious snack. Pour in the white wine and add the bay, thyme and parsley stalks. In his haste to escape he fell and was pinioned between the stalks. Put the unsalted butter in a saucepan with the sage stalks and melt slowly, then increase the heat and cook until the moment the butter starts to turn brown. At least one prolific deposit produces complete stalks with short shoots attached and also produces cones and seeds of associated conifers and cycads. Miriam follows her even after she covers herself in gas and stalks away, and after that they are inseparable, Miriam having promised herself that she will never leave Eunice. In early summer, foot-long flower stalks poke above the mounds of leaves. The leaf stalks are blanched in boiling water and peeled before use. Between the hills and us, soggy fires burned the bare cotton stalks of an early winter harvest. I use a stick to gingerly push aside the stalks and turn over the debris, picking out the dull sheen of a slug here, the progress of a tiny worm there. The flowers will die, sere stalks suggesting bones or ashes. Add chopped onions, peeled carrots, a bouquet garni made of parsley stalks, leek and celery sticks and a little bundle of thyme all tied up with string. Asparagus doesn't need much time on the grill and requires nothing more than butter and black pepper or a garlic mayonnaise to turn the stalks into the food of the gods. Horatio speaks to the spirit, but the ghost stalks away in silence. Show More Sentences It looks somewhat like a firework the way the slim branches shoot up and out, topped by the yellow flowers on umbrella-like stalks which carry the delicious name of umbels. While the ghost of default stalks the battlements, he dithers and spouts soliloquies. A man, dressed in rags, stalks across the field, impaling the bodies with a bayonet. An easy way to steam asparagus if you don't have a proper steamer is to tie the stalks together with string, stand them upright in a pan and cover with a loose foil dome. When the oil begins to smoke, add the Swiss chard stalks and season with salt and pepper. Stuff turkey loosely with remaining quartered onion and celery stalks. The action starts when Graham awakens one morning to discover flattened stalks in his immense cornfields, forming a mysterious and inexplicably huge crop circle pattern. Eyestalk length was divided into short to medium stalks or long stalks. Giant seagull stalks newsreader. He is perfectly capable of introducing a bill requiring all cars to run on corn stalks instead of gasoline. His ex-partner stalks him on a daily basis. As the large, loose clusters of tiny greenish flower blossoms fade, the flower stalks get longer and by midsummer are covered with fuzzy purple or pink hairs. Closer examination revealed a pair of compound eyes mounted on movable stalks, protruding from a burrow and rotating independently, like the periscopes of a submarine. Snow and frost hid the green stalks of grass from view, and the naked trees bore witness to the harshness of the season, shivering in the cold gusts of icy wind. In late summer, bear's breeches blooms with creamy white to slightly pink or purplish flowers on dramatically tall, erect stalks held way above the foliage. The hay was belt-buckle high when rain let up, three days' sun baked stalks dry, and by midday all but the far pasture was mowed and raked into windrows. The stalks of wheat could be spun and braided into many useful things. Corn crown and root decay can weaken stalks and complicate harvest. Affected stalks often have pink to reddish discolored internal tissues. In fact, the car feels solid from tip to toe, from the thick doors to the low-slung seats and including the nicely cushioned stalks on the steering column. Show More Sentences The citron yellow or red tinged flowers are also worth having, hanging bells on tall stalks that dance in the wind and give way to upright seed heads for autumn interest. Briskly quartered tomatoes lay on the chopping board next to a sprig of spring onions with wispy, soiled roots and fresh green stalks, bound by a blue elastic band. He stalks this girl he's in love with, but he's not all there. I shut my eyes yet felt aware of the garden at my elbow, the blooms opening as if in time-lapse, the stalks lengthening. Both indicator and wiper stalks return to the centre point after each prod, making it harder to divine instantly what they have just done or where they are set. They were positioned on top of movable stalks called peduncles to help it more easily search for food and look out for predators. Close by and under cover, I watched the juicing process. Apples were washed, then tipped, stalks and all, into the crusher and reduced to pulp. I walked away from the fire and tore up green bracken, caw-cannying not to slash my fingers on stalks. I pray you let the drama halt while Chorus stalks to the footlights and drops an epicedian tear upon the fatness of Mr. Hoover. The invisible cord... I followed him down a narrow path with a rippling lake of grain on each side, wheat stalks brushing my hosen. Our common Marsh Mallows have diverse soft, hoary white stalks rising to be three or four foot high, spreading forth many branches. Ramie is a perennial from the Orient. The stalks grow 6 to 8 feet high, are about one-half inch in diameter, and are straight and nonbranching. The flowers are solitary on short stalks, petals purple or lilac, much longer than the calyx lobes. The leaves and stalks of the alfalfa, millet and maize produced in Aden were generally used as fodder. The eyes are suspended on stalks with heavy crystals on one end, acting like a gyroscope to orient the eyes skyward. Heather stalks are used by a small industry in Scotland as a raw material for sentimental jewelry. The stalks are stripped of bark, dyed in bright colors and then compressed with resin. It stalks its prey among the tangled weeds, relying on its cryptic camouflage for concealment. It can clamber through and cling to the seaweed stalks with its prehensile pectoral fins. Clove stalks are slender stems of the inflorescence axis that show opposite decussate branching. Show More Sentences The Telfaire prisonguard towers rise miragelike in the swampy sunlight like giant mushroom caps on grey concrete stalks. Bundles of dried maize stalks are often displayed often along with pumpkins, gourds and straw in autumnal displays outside homes and businesses. It has stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in the sugar sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes. The fire burns dry leaves, and chases away or kills any lurking venomous snakes, without harming the stalks and roots. Fibres from the stalks of plants, such as hemp, flax, and nettles, are also known as 'bast' fibres. The rotary winnowing fan greatly increased the efficiency of separating grain from husks and stalks. A threshing machine or thresher is a piece of farm equipment that threshes grain, that is it removes the seeds from the stalks and husks. Mosses do not have seeds and after fertilisation develop sporophytes with unbranched stalks topped with single capsules containing spores. Instead, the tall flower stalks probably help raise the flowers to a height where they are noticeable to pollinators. On contact with an insect, the peduncular glands release additional mucilage from special reservoir cells located at the base of their stalks. The radical leaves have a long petiole, while the leaves on the flowering stalks are usually sessile or with short petioles. Juice extraction remained constant for sorgo stalks kept wet, but it decreased gradually for dry stalks during 2 weeks storage. On September 19, six mature stalks, each from a separate hill, were taken from a suckered row and eleven from an unsuckered row alongside. In the browning corn fields here, the light breeze makes a tindery noise as it rustles the dry stalks. Lavender stalks, mixed with the straw, contain an additional natural algaecide. It is high time, Pakistan should pay serious attention towards aquafarming through which we can get more fish stalks and organic green food. Its stalks usually produce two white kerneled ears that grow to about six or seven inches in length. Trim the stalks and peel away the outer leaves so you're just left with the artichoke hearts. These are the flower stalks and seed heads of our native Arum maculatum, commonly known as Cuckoo Pint or Lords and Ladies. Larval feeding damage reduces plant stand and vigor, sugarcane photosynthesis, number of millable stalks and sugar yield. Show More Sentences Harold stalks Rosemary, as he presumes Kim was stalked by her assailant. But the fresh figs that were served with it were underripe, too cold and had not been properly trimmed, with the hard stalks still attached. Paper wasps are colorful insects that chew up tiny bits of wood or dried plant stalks. Sorghum grains collected were cleaned to remove stones, dust and light materials, glumes and stalks, and broken, undersized and immature grains. Sorghum grain samples were cleaned to remove stones, dust and light materials, glumes, stalks, and broken, undersized and immature grains. Greater yellowlegs, a shore bird, wander among stalks of last year's corn planted to give food and cover for wildlife. From the holdfasts rise stalks, and from them grow fronds buoyant with carbon dioxide-filled bubbles called pneumatocysts. Another loss is the Virginia bunchflower, a member of the lily family with striking stalks of white flowers. No matter the severity of the winter, foliage that looks similar to a strong growing daylily clump appears first, followed by flower stalks that reach 3 feet tall. Out along the boardwalk is the best to spot the carnivorous sundew, a tiny plant akin to the Venus fly trap whose stalks are tipped with a sticky glue. The right halfback stalks the corner by looping underneath the split end. Harvest broom corn when the brooms color up and stalks are still green. Lin and others conducted studies with lalang grass showing that PCB accumulation in the leaves and stalks was mostly due to atmospheric deposition. Bleached and brittle stalks branch precisely, each finally dividing into an upcurve of umbrella-like spokes which terminate in a starburst of micro-stems. Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles. Sporophytes are raised on stalks to facilitate spore dispersal, but unlike other mosses, Sphagnum stalks are produced by the maternal gametophyte. The thought of July raspberrying brings recollections of heat, bugs, thorns, dead brush, nettles, and great stalks of wild tiger lilies scattered among the brambles. Other mushrooms, such as truffles, jellies, earthstars, and bird's nests, usually do not have stalks, and a specialized mycological vocabulary exists to describe their parts. And so the Guardianista is prepared for a tragic story of injustice and retribution, brought about by the evil that stalks the dark corners of cyberspace. However, both fore-handed and back-handed cutting motions were effective for reaping dry wheat, as the stalks partly broke and partly were cut by the blades. Show More Sentences For the first time, finocchio, or Florence fennel, has performed for me as it should and has swollen out into bulbous protrusions at the base of its leaf stalks. Springing up between the carrot-seed during the first season were the long frail, feathery stalks of the wind-blown eragrostis, a lush sweet grass. On some of the richest days, when a moose stalks by or a bear is blueberrying or munching hazelnuts outside, I think of my house as a bathysphere suspended in the wilderness. The GM variety is designed to produce its own insecticide against the European corn borer, a destructive moth whose caterpillars feast on corn ears and stalks. Examples from Classical Literature The tall stalks of the helianthus bend and rise in long undulations, like billows on a golden sea. So I used the helve of an entrenching-tool and the stalks of the willow undergrowth. The numerous brown spots which you can see on their stalks are hemipterous insects, commonly called cochineal. He then produces the bulbous stalks, and squeezes a portion of the juice into the pot. Each Indian supplies himself with two dried stalks of the Mexican soap plant, about three-fourths of an inch in diameter. It has been said of Time, earlier in these pages, the cloak-and-dagger sort he is, that stalks and pounces. The stalks are then bundled and retted by steeping in pools of stagnant water. The sporangia have very short stalks, and are not provided with an annulus at all. Clear some ripe elder-berries from the stalks, bake them in covered jars for two hours, and squeeze the juice through a strainer. Take the flowers or blossoms of the elder tree, and strip them from the stalks. The inhabitants eat the stalks, which are subacid, tan leather with the roots, and also prepare a black dye from them. It was the stalks, above the upper joint, of spear-grass and redtop grass growing so profusely in Weathersfield. The caterpillar feeds on the flower stalks of the coltsfoot during March and April. If stalks of tender plants are cut clean off be pretty sure the cutworm is abroad. The flowers are quinquefid, the petals of a yellow colour, and growing from the wings of the stalks. Chop and mix together equal quantities of sweet marjoram and sweet basil, the leaves picked from the stalks and rubbed fine. The cutworm is around early in the season ready to cut the flower stalks of the hyacinths. The tansy has a strong scent, especially when you crush its leaves or stalks. They liked the color of the young stalks, and the way they tasseled out, and the way the ears formed. A staging of poles is erected in the water and troughs made of the leaf stalks of the sago palm are fixed upon it. Show More Sentences He stalks amongst them as, in the night, the dread and awful lion of Numidia. These disharmonic shadows flitting in the room made a stir like the rubbing of dry straw or the hum of bees among clover stalks. A Sucket is made in like manner of the carneous substance of stalks of Lettice. The midribs and stalks of the leaves are also stewed and eaten as sea-kale, under the name of Swiss chard. To do this stalks and leaves of the corn were chopped by an ensilage cutter. These upstanding flowers and stalks form the distinguishing characteristic of the nelumbo species. After the first few days of immersion the stalks are examined daily to test the progress of the retting. The fibre is separated from the stalks by a process of retting similar to that for flax and hemp. The reel and bead pattern running along the lower border of the necking represents the lotus stalks. The leaves and stalks were ground for ensilage or stored in the shock for dry fodder. Two to more than four feet high, with stalks which are chaffy near the base. To-day, however, they all lent their stalks to support the hoarfrost, to double and quadruple its total mass. The tough stalks of the giant fennel of Southern Europe were used by the Roman schoolmasters as an instrument of castigation. In Sinapis and in brassica oleracea foliaceous ovules may occasionally be seen, attached to the placenta by long stalks. He44 was transformed to the great blue heron, and stalks about the marshes. The stalks are bladders about the size of a greengage, which enable the plant to float. I have not seen the butterfly for many weeks, but among the stalks of chelone I find the webs which shelter its children. At noon the foul ogre cribbage stalks rampant, and seven-up for dim, distant oysters that only the eye of faith can see. Usually this is done by dropping the stalks in a basket which, when full, is carried to the bunching shed. Before we leave the wady we will set fire to the dry stalks and grass. Show More Sentences They have no stalks, but grow from top to bottom of the main stem. Chadband stalks to the table, and before taking a chair, lifts up his admonitory hand. The best hats are made of the stalks of the arrowroot plant. The men also wear chaplets of brilliant flowers or arum stalks. His armour is laid upon the ground, and he stalks in front of the ranks as it were some great woolly ram ordering his ewes. Eight to twenty inches high, with stalks not jointed, chaffy when young. One to more than two feet long, with chaffy stalks, having brown scales. The stalks, and blades, chequer my tablet with their, quivering shades. Drain it, cut the leaves from the stalks, and chop them fine. Chop fine four stalks of celery, and the same quantity of cold meat. The very flowers seemed to doze on their stalks set with sleepy leaves. Among the fern at this season stood the tall dead stalks of foxglove. From one to three continuous lines of stalks are placed in the furrow. In half an hour we had a fire made of dry melon stalks, and he was toasting over it, and we made such a feed as we had not tasted for a week. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, serrate, with short stalks. These stalks may always be saved by the use of the husker and shredder. Find more words! 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