Definitions for epigynous

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epigynous e·pig·y·nous

Spelling: [ih-pij-uh-nuh s]

IPA: /ɪˈpɪdʒ ə nəs/

Epigynous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 381 anagrams from letters in epigynous (eginopsuy).

Definitions for epigynous

adjective

1. (of flowers) having all floral parts conjoint and generally divergent from the ovary at or near its summit.
2. (of stamens, petals, etc.) having the parts so arranged.

Origin of epigynous

First recorded in 1820-30; epi- + -gynous

Examples for epigynous

These latter were classified according to whether the parts of the flower were hypogenous, perigynous, or epigynous.

epigynous, borne apparently on the top of the ovary; all which is explained in Fig. 270-274.

Stylopodium, an epigynous disk, or an enlargement at the base of the style.

epigynous (on the ovary) when so adnate that all these parts appear to arise from the very summit of the ovary, as in Fig. 274.

In Umbelliferæ the epigynous condition is changed for the perigynous, &c.