A botanical class of plants having two pistils or female reproductive organs.
From Modern Latin 'digynia,' combining 'di-' (two) and Greek 'gyne' (woman/female). This term was part of Linnaeus's taxonomic classification system for plants.
Linnaeus named plant groups by counting female parts, creating a sexual classification system that scandalized Victorian society—some people refused to study botany because the terminology seemed improper!
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