inferior ovary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of inferior ovary
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On the other hand, the occasional formation of a leaf on the inferior ovary of those plants would indicate the axial nature of the fruit.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
This tribe is sometimes regarded as a separate order Vacciniaceae, distinguished by its inferior ovary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Considered from a teratological point of view, there is no reason for considering the inferior ovary to be purely axial.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
In the instance of displacements, it has been shown how slight a change is required to transform the so-called inferior ovary into a superior one.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
The ordinary structure of the flower with its three sepals, two petals, labellum, column; and inferior ovary, is well known.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
