Glossary of Botanical Terms:
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marginal: (1) at or very close to the margin; (2) of placentation, with the placenta along the margin of a simple ovary, as in many legumes, Fig. 13 A.
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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