gyno-, gyn-, gynaeco-, gyneco-, gyne-, -gynia, -gynic, gynec-, -gynist, -gynous, -gyny
(Greek: woman, women, female, females)
Many of the words from these Greek elements refer to botanic or other biological nomenclature.
digyny
Fertilization of a diploid ovum by a sperm, which results in a triploid zygote (a fertilized gamete or a mature reproductive cell).
dodecagynia
In botany, having twelve pistils.
dodecagynious
dodecagynous
An antipathy for, or a hatred of, beautiful women.
ecoproterogynous
Having the female flowers mature before the male flowers.
endecagynous
In botany, having eleven pistils.
enneagynous
In botany, having nine pistils.
epigynous
In botany, that which is placed upon the ovary; growing upon the summit of the ovary. Said of the stamens or corolla; hence of plants in which these are so placed.
epigyny
ergatogyne
A fertile female ant lacking wings and therefore resembling an ergate (a worker ant).
ergatogynomorph
ergatogynomorphic
A reference to social insects in which worker and female characters are blended.
ergatogynomorphous
ergatogynous
Having worker-like females, as in some social insects.
