podogyniumn.
/ˌpɒdə(ʊ)ˈdʒɪnɪəm/, U.S. /ˌpɑdəˈdʒɪniəm/ Botany. rare.
The stalk supporting a superior ovary; a gynophore.
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1829 P. Clinton tr. A. Richard New Elem. Bot. (ed. 4) 316 We must be careful not to confound the gynophorum with the podogynum, a contraction of the base of the ovary, which raises the pistil a little above the bottom of the flower... The strawberry and raspberry have a gynophorum; the caper and the poppy a podogynum.
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 152 This [sc. the receptacle] may either be a simple rounded stalk to the fruit, and of the same texture with it, as in Capparis, Phaca, and others,—when Richard calls it Basigynium or Podogynium, and Ehrhart Thecaphore.
1915 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42 660 In our new species the stipes of the drupelets are united into one common stipe (a Podogynium).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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