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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.
Definition 2024
gynophore
gynophore
English
Noun
gynophore (plural gynophores)
- (botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.