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gynoecium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡaɪˈniː.si.əm/
  • General-American: /ɡaɪˈni.si.əm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The pistils/carpels of a flower considered as a group

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a female gametoecium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gametoecium

History

Etymology

From New Latin; from gyno- + oecium (from Ancient Greek οἰκῐ́ον (oikĭ́on), diminutive of οἶκος (oîkos, “house”)).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌花器 (cíhuāqì) — pistils of a flower
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌蕊群 (círuǐqún) — pistils of a flower
  • Esperanto: gineceo — pistils of a flower
  • Finnish: emiö — pistils of a flower
  • Galician: xineceo — pistils of a flower
  • Ido: gineceo — pistils of a flower
  • Italian: gineceo — pistils of a flower
  • Marathi: जायांग (jāyāṅga) — pistils of a flower
  • Polish: słupkowie — pistils of a flower
  • Portuguese: gineceu — pistils of a flower
  • Romanian: gineceu — pistils of a flower
  • Spanish: gineceo — pistils of a flower
Real reading context

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