See Also: gyno-(dictionary)

gyno- (iou)



gyno- combining form. Before a vowel gyn-.
[from Greek gune woman, female + -O-.]
Used in senses (a) woman, women; (b) female reproductive organ, esp. (Botany) of a plant.
gynobase noun (Botany) an enlargement of the receptacle that supports the gynoecium in some plants M19.
gyno'basic adjective (Botany) pertaining to or having a gynobase M19.
gyno'centric adjective centred on or concerned exclusively with women; taking a female (spec. feminist) point of view: L20.
gynodioecious adjective (Botany) having female and hermaphrodite flowers on separate individuals L19.
gynodioecism noun = gynodioecy L19.
gynodioecy noun (Botany) the condition of being gynodioecious M20.
gyno'genesis noun (Zoology) reproduction in which a sperm penetrates an ovum but their nuclei do not fuse, and the embryo develops with maternal chromosomes only E20.
gynoge'netic adjective (Zoology) of the nature of, arising by, or involving gynogenesis E20.
gynomonoecious adjective (Botany) having female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same individual L19.
gynomonoecism noun (Botany) = gynomonoecy L19.
gynomonoecy noun (Botany) the condition of being gynomonoecious M20.
gyno'phobia noun fear of women L19.
gyno'phobic adjective pertaining to or affected with gynophobia L20.
gynophore noun (Botany) a stalk which in some plants supports the ovary etc. above the level of other parts of the flower E19.
gynostegium , Botany a united anther and stigma in certain plants L19.