The Collaborative International Dictionary
Basigynium
Basigynium \Ba`si*gyn"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis base + gynh` woman.] (Bot.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
Wiktionary
basigynium
n. (context botany English) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.