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Meaning of -gynous in English:

-gynous

Pronunciation /?d??n?s/ /?ɡ?n?s/

Botany

  • Having female organs or pistils of a specified kind or number.

    • ‘epigynous’

Origin

Based on modern Latin -gynus (from Greek -gunos, from gunē ‘woman’) + -ous.