"scale" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Leaves are reduced to scales or absent, as the plant does not perform photosynthesis.
- The leaves are reduced to very small cusp-like scales, so that the plant appears nearly leafless.
- They look leafless, with the leaves reduced to minute scales.
- The leaves are reduced to minute scales encircling each joint.
- True leaves are reduced to scales or spines, e.g. Asparagus.
- This species lacks leaves as such, which may be reduced to scales.
- Much effort has been dedicated to reducing sensor size to sub-micrometre scales.
- The leaves of the mistletoe are reduced to scales on its surface.
- Its leaves are reduced to tiny scales sheathing the stem joints.
- In some species, the leaves are reduced to minute scales.
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