Defn: A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.
GYNOBASIC
Gyn"o*ba`sic, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.
GYNOCRACY
Gy*noc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [See Gynecocracy.]
Defn: Female government; gynecocracy. 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 H. Scott.
GYNODIOECIOUS
Gy"no*di*oe`cious, a. Etym: [Gr. di.] (Bot.)
Defn: Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.
GYNOECIUM
Gy*noe"ci*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of
Carpophore.
GYNOPHORE
Gyn"o*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. gynophore.]