The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gynophore \Gyn"o*phore\ (j[i^]n"[-o]*f[=o]r), n. [Gr. gynh` woman, female + fe`rein to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore.]
(Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.
--Lindley.(Zo["o]l.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.
Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera ''Telopea'' and ''Brachychiton''), which supports the gynoecium.
WordNet
n. the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "gynophore".
After they have fallen off, the gynophore, that is the part which supports the ovarium, grows to a great length, even to 3 or 4 inches, and bends perpendicularly downwards.
The movement of a young gynophore, rather under an inch in length and vertically dependent, was traced during 46 H.
But this action must be aided by the circumnutating movement, for fine sand, kept moist, was pressed close round the apex of a gynophore which had reached the ground, and after a few hours it was surrounded by a narrow open crack.
After three weeks this gynophore was uncovered, and the apex was found at a depth of rather above half an inch developed into a small, white, oval pod.
As the gynophores are rigid and arise from stiff branches, and as they terminate in sharp smooth points, it is probable that they could penetrate the ground by the mere force of growth.