'Hypanthium' definitions:
Definition of 'hypanthium'
(from WordNet)
noun
The cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae) [syn: hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube]
Definition of 'Hypanthium'
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]