Found 2 items, similar to hypanthium.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hypanthium
hypanthium
n : the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower
which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in
Rosaceae) [syn:
floral cup,
calyx tube]
[also:
hypanthia (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hypanthium
Hypanthium
\Hy*pan"thi*um\, n.; pl. L.
Hypanthia, E.
Hypanthiums. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.]
(Bot.)
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]