Male flower - Obana

Japanese: 雄花 - おばな
Male flower - Obana
〘 noun 〙 A flower that has only stamens and no pistils or the pistils have degenerated, and has no female reproductive function. For example, pine, ginkgo, cucumber. Unisexual flower. ⇔ Female flower. ※Agricultural Three Things (1874)〈Selected by Tsuda Sen〉 2 "There are trees with one root that have both male and female flowers."

Yu-ka Kuwa [male flower]

〘 noun 〙 A unisexual flower of a plant that has only stamens and no pistil or the pistil is degenerated. It is seen in dioecious plants such as pine, ginkgo, and cucumber. Obana. [Shokugaku Gyosho (1886)]

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 雄しべだけで雌しべがないか、退化し、雌性の生殖機能がない花。マツ、イチョウ、キュウリなど。単性花。⇔雌花。※農業三事(1874)〈津田仙撰〉二「一根樹の内に、雌花雄花(ヲハナ)を共に具ふるものあり」

ゆう‐か ‥クヮ【雄花】

〘名〙 植物の単性花で、雄しべだけあって、雌しべがないか、退化した花。雌雄異花のマツ、イチョウ、キュウリなどにみられる。おばな。〔植物学語鈔(1886)〕

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