compound ovary

noun

, Botany.

1. an ovary composed of more than one carpel.

Example Sentences

Pistils united into a 3–6-celled compound ovary; stigmas sessile; ovules solitary.

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A hard indehiscent 1-celled and 1-seeded fruit, though usually resulting from a compound ovary.

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Dissepiments, the partitions of a compound ovary or a fruit, 108.

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