English
androgynophoreandrogynophore
From andro- + gyno- + -phore.
Formed from andro- + gyno- + -phore
Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ‘man’
Proto-Hellenic *anḗr ‘man’
Ancient Greek ᾱ̆̓νήρ ‘man (adult male)’
English andro-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn ‘woman’
Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā ‘woman’
Ancient Greek γῠνή ‘woman, female’
English gyno-
Today it means
noun A stalk bearing both the androecium and the gynoecium of a flower above the level of insertion of the perianth.
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