anthophore

 [an-thuh-fawr, -fohr]  

an·tho·phore

   [an-thuh-fawr, -fohr]
noun Botany.
a form of floral stalk, produced by the elongation of the internode between the calyx and the corolla, and bearing the corolla, stamens, and pistil.
Origin:
1830–40; < Greek anthophóros flower-bearing, blooming. See antho-, -phore
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anthophore (ˈænθəʊˌfɔː, -θə-)
 
—n
an elongation of the receptacle of a flower between the calyx and corolla

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