Definition of Hypocarpium. Meaning of Hypocarpium. Synonyms of Hypocarpium

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Definition of Hypocarpium

Hypocarpium
Hypocarp Hy"po*carp, Hypocarpium Hy`po*car"pi*um, n. [NL. hypocarpium, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + ? fruit.] (Bot.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.

Meaning of Hypocarpium from wikipedia

- as orchid flowers, that are usually resupinate. Compare resupinate. hypocarpium Enlarged fleshy structure that forms below the fruit from the receptacle...
- and the receptacle of the cashew flower and is technically called a hypocarpium. It ripens into a yellow or red structure about 5–11 cm (2–4+1⁄4 in)...
- What appears to be the fruit is an oval or pear-shaped structure, a hypocarpium, that develops from the pedicel and the receptacle of the cashew flower...
- appearance similar to an acorn. In some Lindera species, the fruit have a hypocarpium at the base of the fruit.[citation needed] Because the family is so ancient...
- Pollination is done by bees and other insects. Lindera fruit have a hypocarpium at the base of the fruit, which in some cases forms a cup that encloses...
- hungari**** A.Kern. Galium hupehense Pamp. Galium × huteri A.Kern. Galium hypocarpium (L.) Endl. ex Griseb. Galium hypotrichium A.Gray Galium hypoxylon Ehrend...
- ovary is about 1 mm long. The fruit is about 3 cm long, including the hypocarpium, and 2.5 cm across. Semecarpus magnificus was first described by Karl...
- salicifolia (C. Presl.) Steyerm. Faramea urophylla Müll.Arg. Galium hypocarpium subsp. indecorum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Dempster Hillia parasitica Jacq....