-gyny Definition
jənē
suffix
The state or condition of having a specified number of women or females.
Monogyny.
American Heritage Medicine
The condition of being situated in a specified place with respect to female plant organs.
Epigyny.
American Heritage Medicine
The condition of having a specified number or kind of female plant organs.
Protogyny.
American Heritage Medicine
(botany) A situation with respect to female plant organs.
Wiktionary
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The state of having or relating to a (specified) number of women or females at a time.
Monogyny.
Webster's New World
The state of being located in a (specified) relation to the female organ of a plant.
Webster's New World
Origin of -gyny
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From Greek gunē woman gwen- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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