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Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.

adistinction to its origin. Epigynous insertion (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon the ovary. -- Hypogynous insertion (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.

The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.

having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.

Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray.

One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.

The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity.

nited in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the Unite…

Of or pertaining to an ovary.

An ovary. See Ovary.

A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.

The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation.

Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.

The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.

A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoöphoron.

ards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.

The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.

Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.