[
ji-nee-see-uhm, -shee-, gahy-, jahy-] 
[-see-uh, -shee-uh] . Botany. | the pistil or pistils of a flower; the female parts. |
| gy·noe·ci·um (gī-nē'sē-əm, jĭ-, jī-) n. pl. gy·noe·ci·a (-sē-ə) The female reproductive organs of a flower; the pistil or pistils considered as a group. [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; see gwen- in Indo-European roots.] |