inferior ovary

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of inferior ovary

First recorded in 1875–80

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inferior ovary

Plants with linear basal leaves, and perfect flowers, with 6-parted perianth, inferior ovary, and 6 stamens.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

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 Maxwell T. Masters

Differs from Liliaceæ chiefly in the inferior ovary.

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 Asa Gray

Herbs, with irregular flowers, one petal, the lip, differing from the others in size and shape, inferior ovary, and one or two stamens adherent to the style. 1a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

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 Maxwell T. Masters