Gynoecious - Bred to produce only female flowers. Vegetables such as squash and cucumber naturally tend to produce more male flowers than female flowers - encouraging the production of female blossoms can significantly increase the productivity of a single plant.

Note that being gynoecious does not imply the plant does not require pollination (see parthenocarpic).

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