five-parted

Updated: June 21, 2025

Among the rocks, hairballs have their tiny five-parted chests; and the columbine, its standing group of narrow brown sacks, which show, if we open them, hundreds of tiny seeds. But in the woods, the oak has stored her treasures in the acorn; the chestnut, in its bur which holds the nut so safely.

Jane Andrews - The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children