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inferior

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inferior
1. Botany (of a plant ovary) enclosed by and fused with the receptacle so that it is situated below the other floral parts
2. Astronomy
a. orbiting or occurring between the sun and the earth
b. lying below the horizon
inferior [in′fir·ē·ər]
(biology)
The lower of two structures.
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