gynophore etymology

English word gynophore comes from English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.), English gyno-

Detailed word origin of gynophore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
gyno- English (eng) Of or pertaining to the female reproductive system.. Of or pertaining to women.
gynophore English (eng) (botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.

Words with the same origin as gynophore

Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore iodophor luminophore mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore onomatophore oophore oöphore phagophore pharmacophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore
Descendants of gyno-
androgynal gynandrous gynandry gynarchy gynergy gynobase gynocentric gynocracy gynocrat gynocritical gynocriticism gynodioecious gynogenesis gynography gynoid gynolatry gynomorph gynomorphically gynophagy gynophile gynophilia gynophobe gynoroentgenology gynosphinx