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Word: Gynoecium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek gunaikeion ‘women's apartments’, from gunē, gunaik- ‘woman, female’ + oikos ‘house’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɡʌɪˈniːsɪəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the female part of a flower, consisting of one or more carpels.
Short Definition:female part of flower, consisting of one or more carpels
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