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gynostemium
n. (context botany English) A reproductive structure, in some plants, formed by fusion of the stamens and pistil
Usage examples of "gynostemium".
The gynostemium, whilst spontaneously moving, comes into contact with the viscid labellum, to which it adheres, until freed by the increasing tension of the parts or by being touched.
The circumnutation of the gynostemium of Stylidium, as described by Gad,*** is highly remarkable, and apparently aids in the fertilisation of the flowers.