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Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant. Gray.

A Linnæan class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

ith, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety. Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground. Milton. The sloping of the moonlit sward Was damask work, and deep inlay Of braided blooms. Tennyson.

That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.

Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn

in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments. [R.]

The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.

That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.

Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

An intervening or inserted chapter.

A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.

To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.

Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.

That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed.

Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.

Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.