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Webster 1913 Edition


Clinanthium


Cli-nan′thi-um

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] bed + [GREEK] flower.]
(Bot.)
The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; – also called
clinium
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Definition 2024


clinanthium

clinanthium

English

Noun

clinanthium (plural clinanthia)

  1. (botany) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; the clinium.