Gynaeceum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gynaeceum \Gyn`[ae]*ce"um\ (j[i^]n`[-e]*s[=e]"[u^]m), Gynaecium
  \Gyn`[ae]*ci"um\ (j[i^]n`[-e]*s[imac]"[u^]m), n. [L., fr. Gr.
     gynaikei^on women's apartments, fr. gynh` a woman.]
     That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively
     appropriated to women. [Written also {gyneceum}, {gynecium}.]
     --Tennyson.


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