Gynoecium Definition

gī-nēsē-əm, jĭ-
gynoecia
noun
The female organ or organs of a flower; pistil or pistils; the carpels, collectively.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gynoecium

Noun

Singular:
gynoecium
Plural:
gynoecia

Origin of Gynoecium

  • New Latin alteration (influenced by Greek oikos house) of Latin gynaecēum women's apartments from Greek gunaikeion from neuter of gunaikeios of women from gunē gunaik- woman gwen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gynoecium Sentence Examples

  • The gynoecium or pistil is the central portion of the flower, terminating the floral axis.

  • The androecium and gynoecium are not present in all flowers.

  • A flower then normally consists of the four series of leaves - calyx, corolla, androecium and gynoecium - and when these are all present the flower is complete.

  • This arrangement is known as hypogynous, the other series (calyx, corolla and stamens) being beneath (hypo-) the gynoecium.

  • In this case it is the gynoecium which has an additional number of parts.

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