ovuliferousadj.
/ɒvjᵿˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, /əʊvjᵿˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvjəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌɑvjəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/ Botany.
Of a plant structure: bearing ovules.
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oval1646
ovarious1730
oviferous1828
ovular1848
ovulary1848
ovuliferous1848
multiovular1849
multiovulate1857
ovigenous1872
moruloid1880
ovuligerous1888
ovoblastic1922
1848 R. Brown in J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) I. 367 The idea..suggests itself, that the inner margins of the carpel, which in the lower part are generally ovuliferous, in the upper part perform the..function of stigma.
1878 M. T. Masters Henfrey's Bot. 211 Four carpels, two of which are ovuliferous.
1921 Bot. Gaz. 71 230 There is no longer any definite localization of the acorn-bearing branches, as in the ovuliferous aments of birches.
1942 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 29 337/1 The entire placental column is ovuliferous.
1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 114 (caption) The ovuliferous cone and ovule development in two species of the Pinaceae: Pinus and Larix.
Compounds
ovuliferous scale n. any of the scales on which the ovules are borne in the female cones of a gymnosperm.
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1895 F. W. Oliver tr. A. Kerner Nat. Hist. Plants II. 721 They [sc. conifers of the family Abietineae] are distinguished by the fact that the scales of the female cones are divided into an upper ovule-bearing scale (the ovuliferous scale [Ger. Fruchtschuppe]) and a lower subtending bract scale.
1936 H. Gilbert-Carter Brit. Trees & Shrubs 6 Family Pinaceae... Ripe cones with the seeds hidden between the ovuliferous scales (cone scales), which..are frequently woody.
1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 623 As the inflorescence develops into a cone the ovuliferous scales increase greatly in size, becoming woody ‘cone scales’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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