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extragynoecial

extragynoecial adjective: outside of the gynoecium.

Adjective

extragynoecial (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the gynoecium
    • As with most Annonaceae, however, Disepalum flowers are apocarpous, and so it is hypothesized that pollen tubes are likely to be able to grow between contiguous carpels: this extragynoecial growth of pollen tubes has been reported in other apocarpous angiosperms [97 ,98 ,99 ].2015 December 3, “Phylogenetic Reconstruction, Morphological Diversification and Generic Delimitation of Disepalum (Annonaceae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of extragynoecial

From extra- + gynoecial.

Questions about extragynoecial

What does extragynoecial mean?
Extragynoecial means outside of the gynoecium.
What part of speech is extragynoecial?
Extragynoecial is an adjective.

Words near extragynoecial in the dictionary

  1. extragovernmental
  2. extragradient
  3. extragrammatical
  4. extragranular
  5. extraguild
  6. extragynoecial
  7. extrahaustorial
  8. extrahazardous
  9. extrahelical
  10. extrahelicity
  11. extrahematopoietic

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