Hy"po*carp (?), Hy`po*car"pi*um (?), n. [NL. hypocarpium, fr. Gr. 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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