What is the pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore called?
basigynium — The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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