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hypanthium
A cup-like base of a flower to which the stamens, sepals and petals are attached.
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Hypanthium- A floral tube formed by the fusion of the basal portions of the sepals, petals, and stamens, and from which the rest of the floral parts emanate.
The ovary of an apple or cherry is inferior because it is fused with a thick, fleshy hypanthium. Stamens, petals and sepals arise from the top of the hypanthium (on top of the apple or cherry).
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hypanthium search for term- n. (Gr. hypo, under; anthodes, like flowers) an expansion of the receptacle of a flower that forms a saucer-shaped, cup-shaped, ...
 See also: Sepal, Plant, Petal, Flower, Gardening
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