Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Epigynous

Epigynous , adjective

[Prefix epi- + Greek {not transcribed} woman, female: compare French épigyne.]

(Botany) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.