inferior ovary

noun

Botany. an ovary positioned below the receptacle of a flower, as in members of the iris family.

First recorded in 1875–80

Cupuliferae have an inferior ovary and rudimentary calyx-limb on the top.

This tribe is sometimes regarded as a separate order Vacciniaceae, distinguished by its inferior ovary.

The former have an inferior ovary, with a slender style and a lobed stigma; and the latter have three stamens on the corolla.

Stamens and petals upon the partly inferior ovary in some Nymphace.

The inferior ovary becomes a stone-fruit that looks like a berry.

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