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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a form of floral stipe, produced by the elongation of the inter-node between the calyx and the corolla, and bearing the corolla, stamens, and pistil, as in the catchfly (Silene). Also called
anthophorum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family.
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- noun botany The
stipe when developed into aninternode betweencalyx andcorolla , as in thepink family.
Etymologies
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reesetee commented on the word anthophore
The stalk that in some flowers raises the receptacle above the calyx.
February 9, 2008