compound ovary
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Nigélla Damascèna, L., the Fennel-flower, which offers a remarkable exception in having the pistils partly united into a compound ovary, so as to form a several-celled capsule, grows nearly spontaneously around gardens.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Composed of 2 or more similar parts united, as a compound ovary.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan
Technically speaking, it is a hard, indehiscent, one-seeded dry fruit resulting from a compound ovary.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Cells of the compound ovary becoming twice as many as the styles, each 1-ovuled.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Section of same; a, style; e, compound ovary; f, filament; g, anther.
From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon
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