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gynoecium definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a female gametoecium

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural gynoecia) Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Latin gynaeceum women's apartments, from Greek gynaikeion, from gynaik-, gyn? Date: 1832 the aggregate of carpels or pistils in a flower

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also gynaecium) (pl. -cia) Bot. the carpels of a flower taken collectively. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk gunaikeion women's apartments (as GYNAECO-, Gk oikos house)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gynoecium Gy*n[oe]"ci*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a woman + ? house.] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore.