(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:15:32

Hy*pan"thi*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypanthia (#), E. Hypanthiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. beneath + flower.] Bot.

A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.

 

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