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Definition of Gynophores
1. gynophore [n] - See also: gynophore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gynophores
Literary usage of Gynophores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"As the gynophores are rigid and arise from stiff branches, and as they terminate
in sharp smooth points, it is probable that they could penetrate the ground ..."
2. A manual of the sub-kingdom cœlenterata by Joseph Reay Greene (1861)
"... the gynophores are only half the length of the ... and gynophores become
completely detached, and the same is probably true of the female organs in ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1901)
"The illustration shows the bases of distinct gynophores Fl°- l- Fl°-2- (fig.
1), while the full-face view (fig. 2) shows how the suture of one carpel had ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... which ultimately recurve themselves, dragging the head underneath the soil.
The gynophores of the peanut-vine penetrate the ground in a similar manner, ..."
5. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"... about 1 ' in diameter, on peduncles of 6", the bracteoles conical and hispid
at the ends, the fleshy achenes with their gynophores orange-red. ..."
6. Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual by Maxwell Tylden Masters (1869)
"... yet in other instances the floral axis becomes elongated, and thus separates
the whorls one from another, by structures such as the gynophores, ..."
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