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1. (n.) hypanthium
a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens of a flower.
Etymology: (1850–55; < NL, =hyp-hyp - +anthium < Gk ánthion (ánth(os) flower +-ion dim. suffix))
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1. (noun) hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube
the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
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1. (noun) hypanthium
a fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear
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