Gynoecium

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  • noun. The female reproductive organs of a flower; the pistil or pistils considered as a group.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The pistil or collective pistils of a flower; the female portion of a flower as a whole: correlative to andrœcium. Also gynœcium, gynœceum.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of carpophore.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The pistils of a flower considered as a group
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  • noun. a female gametoecium
    • Word Usage
    "Lacandonia is particularly unique among flowering plants for having "inside-out" flowers, i.e., the central androecium (stamens) surrounded by the gynoecium (separate pistils)."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gametoecium  
    variant
    carpophore  gynoecea  gynoecia  
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