inferior ovary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of inferior ovary
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Differs from Liliaceæ chiefly in the inferior ovary.
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United, as the inferior ovary with the calyx-tube.
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FUCHSIA, so named by Plumier in honour of the botanist Leonhard Fuchs, a genus of plants of the natural order Onagraceae, characterized by entire, usually opposite leaves, pendent flowers, a funnel-shaped, brightly coloured, quadripartite, deciduous calyx, 4 petals, alternating with the calycine segments, 8, rarely 10, exserted stamens, a long filiform style, an inferior ovary, and fruit, a fleshy ovoid many-seeded berry.
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This tribe is sometimes regarded as a separate order Vacciniaceae, distinguished by its inferior ovary.
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Plants with linear basal leaves, and perfect flowers, with 6-parted perianth, inferior ovary, and 6 stamens.
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