epigynous

adjective

epig·​y·​nous i-ˈpi-jə-nəs 

e-

1

of a floral organ : adnate to the surface of the ovary and appearing to grow from the top of it

2

: having epigynous floral organs

epigyny

i-ˈpi-jə-nē 

e-

noun

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin epigynus, from epi- epi- + -gynus -gynous

Note: The term was apparently introduced, along with perigynus perigynous, by the French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836) in Genera plantarum secundum ordines rationales disposita (Paris, 1789), p. xiii.

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1