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hypogynous, a. Bot.|hɪp-, haɪˈpɒdʒɪnəs|
[f. Gr. ὑπό under + γυνή woman, wife, in Bot. taken as ‘pistil’ + -ous.]
Situated below the pistils or ovary; said of the stamens of a flower when these grow on the receptacle and are not united to any other organ; also of plants having the stamens so placed.
1821S. F. Gray Arrangem. Brit. Pl. II. 708 Ranunculaceæ..petals 5 to 10, hypogynous. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. i. (1858) 15 If the filaments grow from immediately below the pistil..they are called hypogynous. 1866Treas. Bot., Icacinaceæ..Lindley places the order under his berberal alliance of hypogynous Exogens. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 73 Filaments inserted on a hypogynous ring. 1881Science Gossip No. 203. 248 The stamens or male organs of the plant are indefinite, polyadelphous and hypogynous.
So hyˈpogyny [cf. F. hypogynie], the quality or state of being hypogynous.
1887Athenæum 10 Dec. 787/3 The shortening of the axis within the flower itself, giving the transition from hypogyny through perigyny to epigyny. |