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Ovary
That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.
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Broader term 1
One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gl…
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Alt. of Ovarial
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Alt. of Ovarial
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Containing whole 3
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
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The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as,…
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In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.
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Component part 1
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
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