Rating | Solver | Clue |
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PISTIL | Flower ovary | |
GYNOPHORE | The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. | |
BASIGYNIUM | The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore. | |
PENDULOUS | Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary. | |
PERIGYNOUS | Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach. | |
LILY | A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary. | |
RECEPTACLE | The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary. | |
SUPERIOR | Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upp... |