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{ } a. [ L. androgynus, Gr. &unr_;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne. ] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. décagyne. ] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. digyne. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; eleven + &unr_; female. ] (Bot.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine + &unr_; woman, female. ] (Bot.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; woman, female: cf. F. épigyne. ] (Bot.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gynh` a woman, female + E. base. ] (Bot.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gynecocracy. ] Female government; gynecocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. gynh` a woman + E. diœcious. ] (Bot.) Diœcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + o'i^kos house. ] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gynh` woman, female + fe`rein to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore. ] 1. (Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. heptagyne. ] (Bot.) Having seven pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; a woman, female. ] (Zool.) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Cf. F. hexagyne. ] (Bot.) Having six pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. &unr_; woman, female: cf. F. hypogyne. ] (Bot.) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hating women; having deep-seated distrust of women; -- used of men. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. monogyne. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octa- + Gr. gynh` wife. ] (Bot.) Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Having eight pistils; octagynous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the order Pentagyna; having five styles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. peri- + Gr. &unr_; woman. ] (Bot.) Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of a flower such as that of the cherry or peach. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; earlier (fr. &unr_; before) + &unr_; woman, female. ] (Bot.) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Proto + Gr. gynh` a woman. ] (Bot.) Same as Proterogynous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles. [ 1913 Webster ]