A Gynaeceum (from the γυναικείον, gynaikeion) or Gynaeconitis (γυναικωνίτης) in Ancient Greece was a building or was the portion of a house reserved for women, generally the innermost apartment. In other words, a women`s quarters, similar to the Indian and Muslim zenana. The gynaeceum is the opposite to the andron, or male q....
• (n.) Alt. of Gynaecium
In botany the gynaeceum is the term for the pistil taken in a collective sense, precisely as the stamens form the androeceum, the petals the corolla, and the sepals the calyx.
gynaeceum, gyneceum 1. Women’s apartments in a house or a palace. 2. A harem.
(among the ancient Greeks) the part of a dwelling used by women.