Definitions for "Gynoecium"
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female component, i.e., carpels ( q.v.), of an angiosperm flower
Collective term for carpels in an angiosperm flower.
see complete flower and pistil
Gynoecium Gynäzeum, n Gineceo The female organs of a flower.
n. (Gr. gyne, woman; oikos, house) the pistil or pistils of a flower, taken collectively; gynaecium.
The female home of the flower consisting of one or more pistils. The apex ( stigma) exudes a sticky liquid to which pollen sticks. The enlarged base ( ovary) contains chambers which produce between a single and several thousands female gametes. The narrow portion between them (missing in some flowers) is the style.
a female gametoecium
Female floral whorl, also known as the pistil ('gyno'=female, 'oecium'=house).
A collective term for all female organs of a flower, i.e. all ovaries and carpels together.
The female parts forming a whorl at the center of the flower. It includes one to many pistils, each of which typically includes a stigma, style, and ovary.
all of the pistils in a flower
The female reproductive organs of a flower, consisting of one or more carpels.
The female reproductive organs, the gynoecium, include the carpels. Carpels are structures that are made up from an ovary and a stigma and that contain one or more ovules. One (unicarpellate) or more carpels (bi, tri, etc. carpellate) may be combined to a pistil (ovary, style, stigma), the gynoecium as a whole.
the carpels of a flower collectively.
female parts of a flower.
A gynoecium(gyne: "woman") is the female reproductive part of a flower, the male part of a flower is called androecium. A gynoecium is composed of one or more pistils. A pistil may consist of a single carpel, the flower is named "apocarpous", or of a number of carpels that have merged, in which case there is only one pistil to each plant. the pistil includes the stigma, style, and ovary.