gynoecium
31Flower — A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with… …
32pistil — /pis tl/, n. Bot. 1. the ovule bearing or seed bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma. See diag. under flower. 2. such organs collectively, where there are more than one in a flower. 3. a gynoecium …
33Rosales — ▪ plant order Introduction the rose order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, containing 9 families, 261 genera, and more than 7,700 species. Rosales, which is in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots, is related to other orders with members …
34gynecium — variant of gynoecium * * * /ji nee see euhm, shee , guy , juy /, n., pl. gynecia / see euh, shee euh/. gynoecium …
35gy|ne|ci|um — «jy NEE see uhm, jih », noun, plural ci|a « see uh». = gynoecium. (Cf. ↑gynoecium) …
36-clinous — adjective combining form Etymology: probably from New Latin clinus, from Greek klinē bed more at clinic having the androecium and gynoecium in a (single or different) flower or (two separate) flowers < diclinous > …
37gynandrous — adjective Etymology: Greek gynandros of doubtful sex, from gynē woman + andr , anēr man more at andr Date: 1807 having the androecium and gynoecium united in a column …
38gynophore — noun Date: 1821 a prolongation of the receptacle (as in a caper flower) with the gynoecium at its apex …
39hypogynous — adjective Date: 1821 1. of a floral organ inserted upon the receptacle or axis below the gynoecium and free from it 2. having hypogynous floral organs • hypogyny noun …
40monadelphous — adjective Date: 1806 of stamens united by the filaments into one group usually forming a tube around the gynoecium …
