gynoecium
101gynostegium — /jin euh stee jee euhm, guy neuh , juy /, n., pl. gynostegia / jee euh/. Bot. a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium. [1875 80; < NL; see GYNO , STEGO , IUM] * * * …
102introrse — introrsely, adv. /in trawrs /, adj. Bot. turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium. [1835 45; < L introrsus, contr. of *introversus toward the inside. See INTRO , VERSUS] * * * …
103monocarpous — /mon euh kahr peuhs/, adj. Bot. 1. having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary. 2. monocarpic. [1725 35; MONO + CARPOUS] * * * …
104plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… …
105polycarpic — polycarpy, n. /pol ee kahr pik/, adj. Bot. 1. producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant. 2. having a gynoecium composed of two or more distinct ovaries. Also, polycarpous. [1840 50; < NL polycarpicus. See POLY , CARPIC] * * * …
106Asparagales — ▪ plant order Introduction the Asparagus or orchid order of monocotyledonous (monocotyledon) flowering plants, containing 16–24 families, 1,122 genera, and more than 26,000 species. Asparagales contains many garden plants and several types of… …
107Fabales — ▪ plant order Introduction order of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots. The order comprises 4 families ( Fabaceae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae, and Surianaceae), 754 genera, and more than 20,000 species.… …
108Gentianales — ▪ plant order Introduction gentian order of flowering plants, consisting of 5 families with more than 1,100 genera and nearly 17,000 species. The families are Gentianaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae (including Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae),… …
109Senna (plant) — Senna Senna alexandrina Scientific classification Kingdom: Pla …
110Cotyledon (plant) — For the alga, see Cotyledon (alga). Cotyledon Cotyledon tomentosa ssp. ladysmithensis Scientific classification …
