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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Example Sentences

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inferior ovary

Herbs, with 6-parted perianth, inferior ovary, and 3 stamens. 1a.

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

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 Maxwell T. Masters

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

It is probable that in many of these cases the so-called inferior ovary is partly axial partly foliar, i.e., sepaline, and partly carpellary in its nature.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters

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