Gyn″o‐phore (jĭn″ō̍‐fōr), n. [Gr. γυνή woman, female + φέρειν to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore.] 1. (Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.