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HYPANTHIAL

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hy⋅pan⋅thi⋅um

  [hi-pan-thee-uhm, hahy-]
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–noun, plural -thi⋅a  [-thee-uh] . Botany.
a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
Origin:
1850–55; < NL, equiv. to hyp- hyp- + anthium < Gk ánthion (ánth(os) flower + -ion dim. suffix)

Related forms:
hy⋅pan⋅thi⋅al, adjective
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hy·pan·thi·um   (hī-pān'thē-əm)   
n.   pl. hy·pan·thi·a (-thē-ə)
The ringlike, cup-shaped, or tubular structure of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne, as in the flowers of the rose or cherry.

[New Latin : hyp(o)- + Greek anthos, flower.]
hy·pan'thi·al adj.
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