thecaphore

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In bot: A surface or receptacle bearing a theca or thecæ.
2. n. The stipe upon which a simple pistil is sometimes borne, being morphologically the petiole of the carpellary leaf, as in the caper and the goldthread.

Wiktionary

1. n. botany A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
2. n. botany A basigynium.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecæ.
2. n. See basigynium.