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Gynaecium

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Gynˊæ-ce′um

(jĭnˊē̍-sē′ŭm)
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Gynˊæ-ci′um

(jĭnˊē̍-sī′ŭm)
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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
γυναικεῖον
women’s apartments, fr.
γυνή
a woman.]
That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women.
[Written also
gyneceum
,
gynecium
.]
Tennyson.