单词 | gynandrophore |
释义 | gynandrophoren. Botany. An elongated column on which both the androecium (male organs) and gynoecium (female organs) are borne in certain flowers (e.g. that of the passion flower). ΚΠ 1870 A. Henfrey & M. T. Masters Elem. Course Bot. (ed. 2) 278 The gynandrophore bearing the stamens and ovary. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 178 The early Spanish missionaries in South America saw in the [passion] flower the instruments of Christ's Passion—the central column (gynandrophore) represented the scourging post. 2002 HortScience 37 710/1 The gynandrophore (where carpels and anthers attach) at anthesis holds a brushy mass of 55 to 60 stamens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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