hypogynous
/haɪˈpɑdʒənəs/
adjective
- Describing a flower in which the petals, sepals, and stamens are attached below the ovary.
- In a hypogynous flower, the ovary sits above the other floral parts.
- Botany students learned to identify hypogynous flowers by their superior ovary.
- Many common garden flowers, like buttercups, are hypogynous.