gynophoren.
/ˈdʒʌɪnəfɔː//ˈdʒɪnəfɔː//ˈɡʌɪnəfɔː/ 1. Botany. The pedicel or stalk which in some flowers supports the ovary.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > ovary > stalk or receptacle bearing
gynophore1821
thecophore1832
polyphore1835
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 159 It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the gynophore and the nectary.
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. ii. ii. §10. 139 Sometimes the ovarium..is seated upon a long stalk... This stalk is often called the thecaphore or gynophore.
1871 H. Macmillan True Vine (1872) ii. 64 The central gynophore [of the Passion flower], bearing the stamens and pistil, was the pillar of the cross.
1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 225 The gynophore of Arachis hypogæa.
2. Zoology. One of the branches bearing the female gonophores in certain Hydrozoa.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > member of > zooid > reproductive > branch bearing female
gynophore1861
1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 45 When male and female gonophores differ externally in form, the special terms ‘androphore’ and ‘gynophore’ are employed to distinguish them.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals 143 The groups of male and female gonophores are borne upon separate branches of the gonoblastidium (androphores and gynophores).
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