3. (Astron.) (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or
interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus. (b)
Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
4. (Bot.) (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when
free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an
adherent and therefore inferior calyx. (b) On the side of a flower
which is next the bract; anterior.