Definition of Gynophore. Meaning of Gynophore. Synonyms of Gynophore

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Definition of Gynophore

Gynophore
Gynophore Gyn"o*phore, n. [Gr. ? woman, female + ? to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore.] 1. (Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. --Lindley. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

Meaning of Gynophore from wikipedia

- A gynop**** is the stalk of certain flowers which supports the gynoecium (the ovule-producing part of a flower), elevating it above the branching points...
- hypogynous, frequently large and showy. Flat or oblique, sometimes forming a gynop****. Hypogynous disk present and extrastaminal or absent. Perianth of (3-)4(−8)...
- The flowers have a short hypanthium and a single carpel with a short gynop****, and after fertilization produce fruits that are legumes. The Fabaceae...
- fertilization, a short stalk at the base of the ovary—often termed a gynop****, but which appears to be part of the ovary—elongates to form a thread-like...
- palmately divided leaves, and mostly no septum. Capparaceae generally have a gynop****, sometimes an androgynop****, and a variable number of stamens. Almost...
- length the hypantheum or floral tube surrounding the pistel-stipe or gynop****; both being the longest known for any plant. The five petals( upper, central...
- Costa Rica to northern Peru. Its most interesting characteristic is its gynop**** (stipe of a pistil) which can be up to six inches (15 centimeters) in...
- saxifrages. Occasionally, the gynoecium is born on a stalk, called the gynop****, as in Isomeris arborea. Flowers and fruit (capsules) of the ground orchid...
- stamens 14–20, filaments ca 35–46 mm long, tiny in pistillate flowers; gynop**** 29–54 mm long or only up to 1–5 mm in staminate flowers. Infructescence...
- as the gynop****, and it is from here that the seed pods then develop. Meanwhile, a crescent-shaped nectary lies at the base of the gynop****. The seed...