gynaeceum

1. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) The women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women.Examples: "A master, however this may be, was very jealous of the inmates of his gyneceum, and he permitted no one to enter the place, which was protected as a sanctuary in the legislation of the Barbarians."; "It was agreeable to see men, after days in this gyneceum, bringing the place to life, to see waiters speeding to their command."Synonyms: gynaeconitisAncient-Rome

2. (obsolete) An establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty.obsolete

3. (botany) A gynoecium.Examples: "The androecium functions by providing the pollen-grains which are necessary to bring about fertilisation of the ovules in the gynaeceum."