What is "hypanthia"

Hypanthium \Hy*pan"thi*um\, n.; pl. L. Hypanthia, E. Hypanthiums. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.

n. (plural of hypanthium English)

1. 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]

2. [also: hypanthia (pl)]

See hypanthium