gynoecium

[ ji-nee-see-uhm, -shee-, gahy-, jahy- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Botany.

, plural gy·noe·ci·a [ji-, nee, -see-, uh, -shee-, uh, gahy-, jahy-].

gynoecium

/ ɡaɪ-; dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm /

gynoecium

/ gī-nē′sē-əm,jĭ- /

, Plural gynoecia

The female reproductive organs of a flower considered as a group; the pistil or pistils.
Compare androecium

1600–10; < New Latin, irregular < Greek gynaikeîon; gynaeceum ¹

C18: New Latin, from Greek gunaikeion women's quarters, from gunaik-, gunē woman + -eion, suffix indicating place

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

In these days women should be educated for the salon as they once were for the gynoecium.

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

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