See Also: hypogynous(medicine)
hypogynous(dictionary)

ultramontanism (iou) and hypogynous (iou)


ultramontanism (iou)



ultramontanism noun. E19.
[French ultramontanisme, formed as ULTRAMONTANE: see -ISM.]
The principles and practice of the ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church; the advocacy of papal authority.

hypogynous (iou)



hypogynous adjective. E19.
[from mod. Latin hypogynus, formed as HYPO- + Greek gune woman (used for 'pistil'): see -OUS.]
Botany. Of a stamen, petal, or sepal: inserted on the receptacle below the gynoecium. Of a flower: having its parts so inserted. Cf. EPIGYNOUS, PERIGYNOUS.
hypogyny noun hypogynous condition L19.