nounWord forms: plural -cea (-ˈsiːə)1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) the inner section of a house, used as women's quarters
2. (dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm, ɡaɪ-) a variant spelling of gynoecium
Word origin
C17: from Latin: women's apartments, from Greek
gunaikeion, from
gunē a woman