hypogynous

[ hahy-poj-uh-nuhs, hi- ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
2. having stamens, sepals, or petals so arranged.

hypogynous

/ haɪˈpɒdʒɪnəs /

adjective

1. (of a flower) having the gynoecium situated above the other floral parts, as in the buttercup
2. of or relating to the parts of a flower arranged in this way

hypogynous

/ hī-pŏj′ə-nəs /

1. Having the floral parts, such as sepals, petals, and stamens, borne on the receptacle beneath the ovary.
2. Compare epigynous

Derived Forms

• hyˈpogyny, noun

Other Words From

• hy·pogy·ny noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypogynous¹

First recorded in 1815–25; hypo- + -gynous

Example Sentences

Stamens indefinite on an hypogynous disk, not covered in the bud.

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Glandular-haired scapose marsh herbs, with regular 5-merous hypogynous flowers.

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Stamens 5 or fewer, perigynous or hypogynous.

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Trees or shrubs, with naked buds and no stipules, a calyx of 3 sepals, and a corolla of 6 petals in two rows, valvate in the bud, hypogynous, polyandrous.—Petals thickish.

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Woody climbers, with palmate or peltate alternate leaves, no stipules, the sepals and petals similar, in three or more rows, imbricated in the bud; hypogynous, diœcious, 3–6-gynous; fruit a 1-seeded drupe, with a large or long curved embryo in scanty albumen.—Flowers small.

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