gonophoren.
/ˈɡɒnəfɔː/ 1. Botany. The short stalk which bears the stamens and carpels in Anonaceæ, etc., due to the elongation of the receptacle above the corolla.
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1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 390 It is called gonophore by de Candolle.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 212 Gonophore [is used] when [a stipe] elevates both stamens and pistil.
2. Zoology. One of the medusoid buds which contain the reproductive elements in Hydrozoa.
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ovarian vesicle1797
gonophore1859
sporosac1859
phyogemmarium1861
planoblast1871
Medusa1888
1859 T. H. Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 137 The central polype-like sac of a medusiform gonophore.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 127 In its simplest condition the gonophore is a mere sac-like diverticulum or outward process of the body wall.
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