GYNECEUM

(Lat.), n. n. Ji2n(gu8n)-e2(a3-e2)-se(ka)'u3m(u4m). Gr., yvvaiKeiov. Ger., Frauengemach (1st def.). 1. A woman's apartment; a lying-in room. 2. Of Rhodius, a conclave of women. 3. An old name for antimony, because it was used by women as a cosmetic. [A, 325; L, 50 (a. 14).] 4. A collective term for the female reproductive organs of plants. [B, 75.] [s. 259]