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hypanthium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hypanthium has 1 sense
- hypanthium(n = noun.plant) calyx tube, floral cup - the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae); Array is a kind of plant organ
CIDE DICTIONARY
hypanthium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.].
A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus , the rose hip, and the pear. [1913 Webster]
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