also: しか
This plant produces female and male flowers separately.
雌花の基部には小さな子房が見える。
A small ovary is visible at the base of the female flower.
雌花 is a flower with only female reproductive organs (pistils), while 雄花 is a flower with only male reproductive organs (stamens).
Flowers are typically counted with 輪, though individual flowers like 雌花 (female flowers) can also take 個.
Standard kanji form; the reading めばな is the most common.
Rare reading; めばな is overwhelmingly preferred in modern Japanese.
Compound of 雌 (female) and 花 (flower). The reading めばな is the standard kun'yomi combination; しか is a rare alternative reading.