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anthophore

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an⋅tho⋅phore

  [an-thuh-fawr, -fohr]
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–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; < Gk anthophóros flower-bearing, blooming. See antho-, -phore
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