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.
Growing from below the ovary and not adhering to it
Borne at the base of the ovary, or below.
a. (Gr. hypo, under; gyne, female) inserted below the gynoecium, and not adherent; immediately below oogonium; the ovary thus said to be superior. n. hypogyny.
(adj.) Growing on the under surface, like a fungus beneath a leaf. Also having stamens, petals, and sepals attached below the ovary. Compare with epigynous.
Hypogynous ovaries have the flower parts (calyx, corolla, and androecium) attached below the ovary to the receptacle. Hypogynous and superior ovary are synonymous terms. DIAGRAMS: Hypogynous Ovary PHOTOS
With perianth parts and stamens arising from below the ovary, and the ovary thus superior (Fig. 4.21).
of perianth segments and stamens, arising below the level of insertion of the ovary (often applied, loosely, to a flower in which the sepals, petals and stamens are inserted below the ovary). cf. epigynous, perigynous.
A flower with a superior ovary. The flower parts are attached under the ovary directly to the receptacle of the flower.
The perianth (sepals and petals) and androecium (male parts) are attached below the ovary. Therefore, the ovary is superior.
other floral structures attached below the ovary, which is therefore superior
when petals or stamens spring from beneath the base of the ovary and are not attached to the calyx.
a flower with the stamens, petals and sepals attached to the receptacle below the pistal
