'Basigynium' definitions:

Definition of 'Basigynium'

From: GCIDE

Basigynium \Ba`si*gyn"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis base + gynh` woman.] (Bot.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore. [1913 Webster]