Definitions
ovary
n. the ovule-bearing part of a carpel which becomes the fruit
n. in the Asteraceae, the tubular flowers
n. an outgrowth from the receptacle of a flower, surrounding the base of the ovary, often derived by reduction and modification of the innermost set of stamens
n. a cup shaped, or enlarged tubular structure surrounding the ovary, formed either by the marginal expansion of the receptacle or the fusion of the lower parts of the calyx, corolla and androecium; when the corrolla and androecium appear to arise from the calyx tube, that part of the apparent calyx tube below the attachment of the petals is the hypanthium
n. the usually narrowed portion of the pistil connecting the stigma to the ovary
n. female reproductive organ of a flower, typically consisting of a stigma, style and ovary
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