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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
2. 2
   the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

calyx tubefloral cup

Etymology

From hypo- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) + -ium.

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