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| epigynous [ e píjjənəss ] |
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with the ovary close to the flower: describes a flower in which the sepals, petals, and stamens arise from the enlarged tip of the flower axis receptacle above the ovary
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin epigynus< Greek gunē 'woman, pistil'] |
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  epigyny noun |
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