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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hy·pan·thi·um n.; pl. L. Hypanthia E. Hypanthiums   Bot. A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hypanthium
      n : the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower
          which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in
          Rosaceae) [syn: floral cup, calyx tube]
      [also: hypanthia (pl)]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hypanthia
      See hypanthium