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

Example Sentences

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 Gray, Asa

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.

Cupuliferae have an inferior ovary and rudimentary calyx-limb on the top.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Obviously it is not proper to apply to all cases where there is an inferior ovary the same explanation as to how it is brought about.

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

It appears at the base of the corolla, at the summit of the inferior ovary, and is known as pappus.

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