1. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.

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