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GYNOSTEGIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gynostegium mean?
• GYNOSTEGIUM (noun)
The noun GYNOSTEGIUM has 1 sense:
1. the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias
Familiarity information: GYNOSTEGIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("gynostegium" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Holonyms ("gynostegium" is a part of...):
stamen (the male reproductive organ of a flower)
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