hypogynous
/hahy-poj-uh-nuhs, hi-/US // haɪˈpɒdʒ ə nəs, hɪ- //UK // (haɪˈpɒdʒɪnəs) //
妇科下体,妇产科,妇科,妇科疾病
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Botany.
- : situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- : having stamens, sepals, or petals so arranged.
Examples
Glandular-haired scapose marsh herbs, with regular 5-merous hypogynous flowers.
Petals and stamens numerous, on a thick hypogynous receptacle or inserted upon the ovary.
Corolla hypogynous when the calyx is free; the stamens adherent to its base.
Petals usually present, as many, but mostly small or rudimentary, hypogynous.
Notice the remarkably long squamul or hypogynous scales, which here nearly equal the glume in length.
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