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Webster 1913 Edition

Clinanthium

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Cli-nan′thi-um

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] bed + [GREEK] flower.]

(Bot.)

The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; – also called

clinium

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Definition 2024

clinanthium

clinanthium

English

Noun

clinanthium ‎(plural clinanthia)

(botany) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; the clinium.