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gynostegium

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gyn⋅o⋅ste⋅gi⋅um

  [jin-uh-stee-jee-uhm, gahy-nuh-, jahy-]
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–noun, plural -gi⋅a  [-jee-uh] . Botany.
a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium.
Origin:
1875–80; < NL; see gyno-, stego-, -ium
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gynostegium

noun
the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias 
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