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GAMETOECIUM
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Irregular inflected form: gametoecia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gametangia and surrounding bracts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gametoecium" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gametoecium"):
gynoecium (a female gametoecium)
androecium (a male gametoecium)