Gonophore

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

II. Gonophore ·noun A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. ·see Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.