gynobase

American  

[jin-oh-beys, gahy-noh-, jahy-] / ˈdʒɪn oʊˌbeɪs, ˈgaɪ noʊ-, ˈdʒaɪ- /

noun

Botany.

1. an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.

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Other Word Forms

• gynobasic adjective

Etymology

Origin of gynobase

gyno- + base ¹

Example Sentences

In some Borragineous flowers, such as Houndstongue, the gynobase runs up in the centre between the carpels into a carpophore.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Nutlets wingless, mostly marginless, on a low gynobase.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa