gyno-, gyn-, gynaeco-, gyneco-, gyne-, -gynia, -gynic, gynec-, -gynist, -gynous, -gyny +
(Greek: woman, women, female, females; not masculine, male, man, or men)
Many of the words from these Greek elements refer to botanic or other biological nomenclature.
acrogynous
In certain plants, bearing female organs at the apex of the stem.
adynamogynous, adynamogyny
Having non-functioning female reproductive organs or a reference to the loss of function of female sex organs.
agynary
Without a gynoecium.
agynous
Said of a plant ovary that lacks a pistil, or of a stamen that does not contact the ovary.
androgygreed (androgyny + greed)
The concept that, especially at the corporate executive level, the two genders will equally demonstrate avarice, savagery, unbridled competition, etc.; particularly, the notion that female lawyers and politicians are fit counterparts to their male colleagues.
androgynoid
1. A male resembling a female; or possessing female features.
2. A pseudohermaphrodite.
3. Pertaining to female pseudohermaphroditism.
androgynous, androgyny
1. Uniting the (physical) characters of both sexes, at once male and female; hermaphrodite.
2. A reference to men who are considered “womanish, effeminate”.
3. In botany, bearing both stamens and pistils in the same flower, or on the same plant.
4.
Having both masculine and feminine characteristics, as in attitudes and
behaviors that contain features of stereotyped, culturally sanctioned
sexual roles of both male and female.
anisogynous
In botany, having the carpels (female reproductive structures in flowering plants) not equal in number to the sepals (the outermost whorl of a typical flower, probably representing a leaf modified as part of the protective outer layer of a flower).
apogynous, apogyny
Pertaining to the loss of function in female reproduction organs.
2. Lacking, or having non-functional, female reproductive organs.
calligyniaphobia
An abnormal fear of beautiful women.
decagynous, decagynia
In botany, having ten pistils.
dichthadiigyne
A blind ant with a large gaster and ovaries.
digynous
In botany, having two pistils.
digyny, digynia
Fertilization of a diploid ovum by a sperm, which results in a triploid zygote [a fertilized gamete or a mature reproductive cell].
dodecagynia, dodecagynious, dodecagynous
In botany, having twelve pistils.
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Related "woman, female" units:
anilo-;
fem-;
mulie-;
virgo-.