Below you will find example sentences with "female flowers". The examples show how this phrase is used in real sentences and which words often surround it.
Female Flowers in a sentence
About this phrase
- Belongs to the word: flowers
Example types with female flowers
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These plants typically produce separate male and female flowers. (9 words)
Some producers blow collected pollen over the female flowers. (9 words)
Little pollen has been seen on bees foraging female flowers. (10 words)
In depositing her eggs, the female also deposits pollen she picked up from her original host fig. This pollinates some of the female flowers on the inside surface of the fig and allows them to mature. (36 words)
Disciform heads have only disc flowers, but may have two kinds (male flowers and female flowers) in one head, or may have different heads of two kinds (all male, or all female). (32 words)
The two flower morphs are however difficult to observe as they are rather morphologically similar; male flowers have a pistillode with the ovaries empty and female flowers have empty, smaller anthers (staminodes). (32 words)
Example sentences (18)
Disciform heads have only disc flowers, but may have two kinds (male flowers and female flowers) in one head, or may have different heads of two kinds (all male, or all female).
Female fig wasps can reach the ovaries of short female flowers with their ovipositors, but not long female flowers.
Female flowers produce two to three times more nectar than male flowers.
In Malaysia, where only about 1% of the female flowers set fruit, no fruit is set on bagged flowers while hand pollination resulted in 13% fruit set.
Pollinators may maintain a fidelity to either male or hermaphroditic flowers (trees), thus limiting pollination and fruit set under natural conditions where crossing between male and female flowers is required.
The two flower morphs are however difficult to observe as they are rather morphologically similar; male flowers have a pistillode with the ovaries empty and female flowers have empty, smaller anthers (staminodes).
Thus, the short female flowers grow wasps and the long flowers only seeds.
In depositing her eggs, the female also deposits pollen she picked up from her original host fig. This pollinates some of the female flowers on the inside surface of the fig and allows them to mature.
QTL analysis of early flowering of female flowers in zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.).
These plants typically produce separate male and female flowers.
Both male and female flowers are faintly sweet-scented and have functional nectaries at the ovary base.
Female flowers are especially rare and do not produce fruit even when hand-pollinated.
Its hair is also helpful in pollination where pollen can be hooked on and transported to female flowers.
Little pollen has been seen on bees foraging female flowers.
Male and female flowers of the hop plant develop on separate plants ( dioecious ).
Male and female flowers of the hop plant usually develop on separate plants (that is, the plant is dioecious ), although fertile monoecious individuals appear occasionally.
Some producers blow collected pollen over the female flowers.
The foul odor attracts insects such as flies, which transport pollen from male to female flowers.