GYNOPHORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gynophore mean? 

• GYNOPHORE (noun)
  The noun GYNOPHORE has 1 sense:

1. the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle

  Familiarity information: GYNOPHORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYNOPHORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gynophore" is a kind of...):

stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)