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gynoecium

gy.noe.ci.um \jin-'e--s(h)e--*m, gi-n-\ \-s(h)e--*\ n or gy.noe.cia [NL, 
   alter. of L gynaeceum women's apartments, fr. Gk gynaikeion, f] pl r. 
   gynaik-, gyne- 1: the aggregate of carpels in a flower : PISTILS  2: the 
   female inflorescence of a liverwort