gynoecium noun. [gʌɪ'ni:sɪǝm, dʒ-] Also *gynecium, gynaeceum. Pl. -ia [-ɪǝ]. M19.
[mod. Latin, from GYNO- + Greek oikos house; gynaecium by alt., after Latin GYNAECEUM.]
Botany. The female part of an angiosperm flower, which may consist of a single carpel, a number of unfused carpels (apocarpous), or a number of fused carpels (syncarpous).

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