| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SUFFIX: | 1. The state or condition of having a specified number of women or females: monogyny. 2a. The condition of being situated in a specified place with respect to female plant organs: epigyny. b. The condition of having a specified number or kind of female plant organs: protogyny. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek gun , woman. See gwen- in Appendix I.
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