hypanthium

noun

the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)

Roots

hypohyp- · Greek · under/beneath anthosanth- · Greek · flower ion-ium · Greek · thing/diminutive

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