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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hypanthium

· Hy·pan·thi·um · IPA
01 n. A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.
pl. Hypanthia, Hypanthiums ((#))
  1. 1.
    A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.(Bot.)