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Hypocarpium
{
Hy′po-carp
, ‖Hyˊpo-car′pi-um
, }Noun.
[NL.
hypocarpium
, fr. Gr. ὑπό
beneath + [GREEK] fruit.] (Bot.)
A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of
Cashew
. Definition 2024
hypocarpium
hypocarpium
English
Noun
hypocarpium
- (botany) An enlarged fleshy structure that forms below the fruit, from the receptacle or hypanthium.