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Definition of Epigynous
1. a. Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.
Definition of Epigynous
1. Adjective. (botany) Having an inferior ovary that is completely buried within the receptacle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epigynous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Epigynous
1. Of floral parts (especially stamens), attached above the level of insertion of the ovary, and arising from tissue that is fused to the ovary wall. Compare: hypogynous, perigynous. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epigynous
Literary usage of Epigynous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"The term epigynous — derived from em, ... When the stamens are placed on the
ovary, their insertion is said to be epigynous, which generally indicates the ..."
2. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"... having the ovary under the stamens; but this group of epigynous plants is ...
which are not epigynous, but only includes such of the epigynous plants as ..."
3. Flora of Tropical Africa by Daniel Oliver (1868)
"In epigynous flowers the ovary is described as adherent or inferior, ... In some
works, however, most epigynous flowers are included in the perigynous ones, ..."
4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... five on an epigynous ring ; stamens eight or ten; styles two to four ; capsule
with two or four imperfect partitions. [J .TS] CORN-SALAD. ..."
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