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Gynophore
Gyn′o-phore
(jĭn′ō̍-fōr)
, Noun.
[Gr.
γυνή
woman, female + φέρειν
to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore
.] 1.
(Bot.)
The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.
Lindley.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.