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| e·pig·y·nous [ i 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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  e·pig·y·ny noun |
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