Usually means: Ovary enclosed within flower receptacle.
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  1. epigyny: Merriam-Webster
  2. epigyny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epigyny: Collins English Dictionary
  4. epigyny: Wordnik
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  6. epigyny: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. epigyny: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  The state of being epigynous.

Similar:
proterogyny, progenitorship, philoprogenitiveness, pseudogyny, eunuchry, incestuousness, ancestorhood, progenitiveness, patrifocality, ancestorship, more...

Opposite:
hypogyny, hypogynous

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Similar:
proterogyny, progenitorship, philoprogenitiveness, pseudogyny, eunuchry, incestuousness, ancestorhood, progenitiveness, patrifocality, ancestorship, more...

Opposite:
hypogyny, hypogynous



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