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compound ovary
noun
, Botany.
- an ovary composed of more than one carpel.
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Pistils united into a 3–6-celled compound ovary; stigmas sessile; ovules solitary.
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A hard indehiscent 1-celled and 1-seeded fruit, though usually resulting from a compound ovary.
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Dissepiments, the partitions of a compound ovary or a fruit, 108.
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