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| —n , pl -cea | |
| 1. | (in ancient Greece and Rome) the inner section of a house, used as women's quarters |
| 2. | a variant spelling of gynoecium |
| [C17: from Latin: women's apartments, from Greek gunaikeion, from gunē a woman] | |
| gynoecium, esp (US) gynaeceum, esp (US) gynaecium or esp (US) gynecium (dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-) | |
| —n , pl -cia, -cea | |
| the carpels of a flowering plant collectively | |
| [C18: New Latin, from Greek gunaikeion women's quarters, from gunaik-, gunē woman + -eion, suffix indicating place] | |
| gynaeceum, esp (US) gynaeceum, esp (US) gynaecium or esp (US) gynecium (dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, -sɪə) | |
| —n | |
| [C18: New Latin, from Greek gunaikeion women's quarters, from gunaik-, gunē woman + -eion, suffix indicating place] | |
| gynaecium, esp (US) gynaeceum, esp (US) gynaecium or esp (US) gynecium (dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, -sɪə, -sɪə) | |
| —n | |
| [C18: New Latin, from Greek gunaikeion women's quarters, from gunaik-, gunē woman + -eion, suffix indicating place] | |
| gynecium, esp (US) gynaeceum, esp (US) gynaecium or esp (US) gynecium (dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-, -sɪə, -sɪə, -sɪə) | |
| —n | |
| [C18: New Latin, from Greek gunaikeion women's quarters, from gunaik-, gunē woman + -eion, suffix indicating place] | |
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