Gynoecium
(Science: plant biology) The carpels of a flower collectively.
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Gynoecium
The gynoecium consists of the stigma, style, and ovary containing one or more ovules. These three structures are often termed a pistil or carpel. In many plants, the pistils will fuse for all or part of their length.
gynoecium The collective term referring to the carpels or ovule-bearing structures, within a flower.
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Gynoecium (from Greek gynaikos oikia: woman's house): one or more pistils. The female reproductive organ is the carpel: this contains an ovary with ovules (which contain female gametes).
Reproductive parts of the flower are the stamen (male, collectively termed the androecium) and carpel (often the carpel is referred to as the pistil, the female parts collectively termed the gynoecium).
 See also: Flower, Carpel, Plant, Sperm, Species
  
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