gynophore

American  

[jin-uh-fawr, -fohr, gahy-nuh-, jahy-] / ˈdʒɪn əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, ˈgaɪ nə-, ˈdʒaɪ- /

noun

Botany.

1. the elongated stalk of a pistil.

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gynophore British  

/ ˈɡaɪ-, ˌdʒaɪnəʊˈfɒrɪk, ˌɡaɪ-, ˈdʒaɪnəʊˌfɔː /

noun

1. a stalk in some plants that bears the gynoecium above the level of the other flower parts

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gynophore Scientific  

/ gī′nə-fôr′,jĭn′ə- /

1. The stalk of a pistil.

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Other Word Forms

• gynophoric adjective

Etymology

Origin of gynophore

First recorded in 1815–25; gyno- + -phore

Example Sentences

The pistil consists of several carpels, which are elevated on a stalk or gynophore prolonged from the receptacle.

From Project Gutenberg

In ripening the parts separate, and hang divergent from a hair-like prolongation of the receptacle known as the gynophore.

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Another and older gynophore, the apex of which had nearly reached the ground, was observed during 3 days in the same manner as the first-mentioned short one; and it was found to be always circumnutating.

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In Capparidaceae the calyx and petals occupy their usual position, but the axis is prolonged in the form of a gynophore, to which the stamens are united.

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Flowers which are seated too high on the plant for the gynophore to reach the ground are said* never to produce pods.

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