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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIGYNY

epigyny  [ɪˈpɪdʒɪnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIGYNY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epigyny is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPIGYNY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of epigyny in the English dictionary

The definition of epigyny in the dictionary is the condition of being epigynous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIGYNY


aborigine
ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪnɪ
androgyny
ænˈdrɒdʒɪnɪ
dynamogeny
ˌdaɪnəˈmɒdʒɪnɪ
epirogeny
ˌɛpaɪˈrɒdʒɪnɪ
ethnogeny
ɛθˈnɒdʒɪnɪ
gametogeny
ˌɡæmɪˈtɒdʒɪnɪ
ginny
ˈdʒɪnɪ
homogeny
hɒˈmɒdʒɪnɪ
isogeny
aɪˈsɒdʒɪnɪ
jinnee
ˈdʒɪnɪ
metallogeny
ˌmetəˈlɒdʒɪnɪ
misogyny
mɪˈsɒdʒɪnɪ
orogeny
ɒˈrɒdʒɪnɪ
pathogeny
pəˈθɒdʒɪnɪ
perigyny
pəˈrɪdʒɪnɪ
phylogeny
faɪˈlɒdʒɪnɪ
polygeny
pəˈlɪdʒɪnɪ
polygyny
pəˈlɪdʒɪnɪ
progeny
ˈprɒdʒɪnɪ
proterogyny
ˌprəʊtəˈrɒdʒɪnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIGYNY

epigram
epigrammatic
epigrammatical
epigrammatically
epigrammatise
epigrammatiser
epigrammatism
epigrammatist
epigrammatize
epigrammatizer
epigraph
epigrapher
epigraphic
epigraphical
epigraphically
epigraphist
epigraphy
epigynous
epilate
epilation

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIGYNY

Anthony
any
bunny
company
ebony
funny
Germany
gyny
hologyny
horny
hypogyny
johnny
many
monogyny
philogyny
protogyny
skinny
sunny
tiny
tony

Synonyms and antonyms of epigyny in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epigyny» into 25 languages

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1,325 millions of speakers

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570 millions of speakers

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epigyny
510 millions of speakers

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epigyny
380 millions of speakers
ar

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epigyny
280 millions of speakers

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epigyny
278 millions of speakers

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epigyny
270 millions of speakers

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epigyny
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epigyny
220 millions of speakers

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Epigyny
190 millions of speakers

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epigyny
180 millions of speakers

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epigyny
130 millions of speakers

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epigyny
85 millions of speakers

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Epigyny
85 millions of speakers
vi

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epigyny
80 millions of speakers

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epigyny
75 millions of speakers

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एपिग्जीन
75 millions of speakers

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epigyny
70 millions of speakers

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epigyny
65 millions of speakers

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epigyny
50 millions of speakers

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epigyny
40 millions of speakers

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epigyny
30 millions of speakers
el

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epigyny
15 millions of speakers
af

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epigyny
14 millions of speakers
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epigyny
10 millions of speakers
no

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epigyny
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epigyny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGYNY»

The term «epigyny» is normally little used and occupies the 147.274 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGYNY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epigyny

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIGYNY»

Discover the use of epigyny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epigyny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Molecular Systematics and Plant Evolution
These conditions are, each in their own distinctive way, intermediate between hypo- and epigyny. The same could be said of perigynous flowers, in which the ovary is free but surrounded by a variously shaped hypanthial cup, bearing the floral ...
Peter M. Hollingsworth, Richard M. Bateman, Richard J. Gornall, 1999
2
Systematic Botany
The second line of ascent involves a change from the hypogyny to the epigyny through the pcrigyny. The Resales is characterised by a wide range of floral structures. Evolutionary changes within the order include the gradual coalescence, ...
Subhash Chandra Datta, 1988
3
Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and ...
Perigyny occurs throughout the Sesuvioideae, and partly in Aizooideae: weak epigyny is reported for some Aizooideae. semi-epigyny prevails in Mesembryanthemoideae and some Tetragonioideae. and complete epigyny is found in ...
Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich, 1993
4
PLANT TAXONOMY 2E
In the second line of evolution a change is observed from hypogyny to epigyny through perigyny. The change from hypogyny to epigyny is seen clearly in Rosales. The formation of hypanthodium shows a change of perigyny into epigyny in ...
SHARMA, 2011
5
Modern Plant Taxonomy, 1E
Demerits 1. The placing of monocots before the dicots is not sound. 2. Too much emphasis has been given on hypogyny, perigyny and epigyny. The trend hypogyny to perigyny to epigyny has arisen again and again in unrelated groups.
N S Subrahmanyam, 2009
6
The Cambrigde British Flora
The numerous stamens of, for example, the Dilleniaceae and the Cistaceae, may well be primitive, and probably indicate a common ancestry with the Ranunculales. In the more specialised (non-British) families gamopetaly and epigyny occur.
7
morphology of angiosperms
It is to be expected that numerous intermediate stages between complete hypogyny and extreme epigyny will be displayed, as may be inferred even from the doubtful phrases employed by taxonomists to describe them. It also seems to be a ...
John Merle Coulter And Charle Joseph Chamberlain, 1987
8
The Origins of Angiosperms and Their Biological Consequences
Epigyny was, however, well established as early as the mid-Cenomanian. The radiation of epigynous flowers apparently reached a maximum in the Santonian- Campanian, and epigyny is present in about two-thirds of all recorded floral ...
Else Marie Friis, William Gilbert Chaloner, Peter R. Crane, 1987
9
Genetics: Classical to Modern
24B), i.e., neither below nor above as in hypogyny and epigyny. A flower with such a condition is said to be perigynous and the position of ovary as semi- inferior. Examples: Primus, Rosa. 3. Epigyny. The thalamus grows around the ovary and ...
P. K. Gupta, 2007
10
Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the ...
One may correctly describe the ovary position as superior in all instances of hypogyny and perigyny, and the ovary as inferior in instances of epigyny. The knowledgeable botanist in particular needs to be forewarned that the Jussiaean use of ...
R.L. Williams, 2001

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