"scale" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Where visible, all the cone scales have bracts and are morphologically similar.
- The scale bracts are hidden under the cone scales.
- This cuts the vascular water supply to the cone scales, allowing the cones to dry and open for the seeds to fall.
- Ovules are produced on the adaxial surface of the cone scales.
- This covering is derived from a highly modified cone scale.
- The spiral growth of branches, needles, and cone scales are arranged in Fibonacci number ratios.
- The seeds are released when the cone scales dry out and open at maturity.
- The cone scales bear between three and five winged seeds.
- The central 2-3 pairs of cone scales are fertile.
- However, the seeds do become covered by the cone scales as they develop in some species of conifer.
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