'Hypocarpium' definitions:
Definition of 'Hypocarpium'
- Hypocarp \Hy"po*carp\, Hypocarpium \Hy`po*car"pi*um\, n. [NL.
hypocarpium, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + ? fruit.] (Bot.)
A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem,
below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of
Cashew.
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