'Hypanthia' definitions:

Definition of 'Hypanthia'

From: GCIDE

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]