Sentence examples similar to tiny receptacles from inspiring English sources
In figs, it is not the pollinator's sexual drive that is harnessed by the plant but the instinct to take care of the young; tiny gall wasps (Blastophaga) use the diminutive flowers (within their fleshy receptacles) as incubators.
As a member of Rosoideae, strawberries have achenes, although this is not obvious to the casual observer, as they are tiny and occur on the surface of the enlarged flower axis, or receptacle.
Like the flowers of all Asteraceae, they are composed of a central disc which contains a number of tiny individual flowers, known as florets; these sit directly on an enlarged part of the stem known as the receptacle.
Are they grounded receptacles?
We require physical receptacles.
Receptacles usually have three purposes.
And strawberry represents a much-swollen receptacle (the tip of the flower stalk bearing the flower parts) bearing on its convex surface an aggregation of tiny brown achenes (small single-seeded fruits).
We passed receptacles for dog droppings.
(Even Tupperware is better than throwaway receptacles).
