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Botanical Orchid Glossary

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Glossary Term: Inferior

Referring to an ovary: located below the other floral parts (except the pedicel). The state in all orchids.

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Imbricate
Incised
Incumbent
Incurved
Indehiscent
Index
Indument
Indurate
Inferior
Inflorescence
Infrageneric
Infundibuliform
Intercellular
intermediate growing
Internode
Introrse
Involute
Isotype
Isozyme

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