compound ovary

American  

noun

Botany.

1. an ovary composed of more than one carpel.

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Example Sentences

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

Section of same; a, style; e, compound ovary; f, filament; g, anther.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

The pods or dehiscent fruits belonging to a compound ovary have several technical names: but they all may be regarded as kinds of 370.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

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

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa