Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hypogynous

Hypogynous , adjective

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

(Botany) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant. — Gray