gynobase

[jin-oh-beys, gahy-noh-, jahy-]

noun

Botany.

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

Other Word Forms

• gynobasic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gynobase¹

gyno- + base ¹

Example Sentences

Nutlets wingless, mostly marginless, on a low gynobase.

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Gynobase, a depressed receptacle or support of the pistil or carpels, 114.

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A flattened hypogynous disk, underlying the ovary or ovaries, and from which they fall away at maturity, is sometimes called a Gynobase, as in the Rue family.

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

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Lastly, St. Hilaire found towards the southern extreme of the range of Gomphia oleaeformis two forms which he did not at first doubt were distinct species, but he subsequently saw them growing on the same bush; and he then adds, "Voila donc dans un meme individu des loges et un style qui se rattachent tantot a un axe verticale et tantot a un gynobase."

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