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gynophore|ˈdʒaɪn-, ˈdʒɪnəfɔə(r), g-|
[f. gyno- + Gr. -ϕορ-ος bearing. Cf. F. gynophore.]
1. Bot. The pedicel or stalk which in some flowers supports the ovary.
1821S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Pl. I. 159 It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the gynophore and the nectary. 1832Lindley Introd. Bot. ii. ii. §10. 139 Sometimes the ovarium..is seated upon a long stalk... This stalk is often called the thecaphore or gynophore. 1871H. Macmillan True Vine ii. (1872) 64 The central gynophore [of the Passion flower], bearing the stamens and pistil, was the pillar of the cross. 1880C. & F. Darwin Movem. Pl. 225 The gynophore of Arachis hypogæa.
2. Zool. One of the branches bearing the female gonophores in certain Hydrozoa.
1861J. R. Greene Coelent. 45 When male and female gonophores differ externally in form, the special terms ‘androphore’ and ‘gynophore’ are employed to distinguish them. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. 143 The groups of male and female gonophores are borne upon separate branches of the gonoblastidium (androphores and gynophores). |