Glossary of Botanical Terms:
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pendent (pendulous): drooping, hanging downwards; e.g. of a shrub,. Fig. 1 O; of an ovule hanging from the top of the ovary, i.e. in an apical position. Fig. 13 G.
Fig. 13. Ovary Placentation. Ovaries in cross section above ovaries in longitudinal section. A, marginal; B, parietal; C, axile, ovary with 2 loculi; D, axile, ovary with 3 loculi; E, free-central; F, free-central; G, apical; H, basal.
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