gynaeceum

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women. Ancient-Rome
    — A master, however this may be, was very jealous of the inmates of his gyneceum, and he permitted no one to enter the place, which was protected as a sanctuary in the legislation of the Barbarians.
  2. An establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty. obsolete
  3. A gynoecium.
    — The androecium functions by providing the pollen-grains which are necessary to bring about fertilisation of the ovules in the gynaeceum.

词形变化

gynaeceums plural gynaecea plural gynæceum alternative gyneceum alternative

词源

Borrowed from Latin gynaecēum, gynaecīum, from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon), from γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) (stem: γῠναικ- (gŭnaik-)) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).
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