Definitions
receptacle
n. in the Asteraceae, end of the peduncle, to which the flowers are attached
receptacle
n. the basal part of a flower, representing the end of the pedicel, to which other flower parts are attached
n. in the Asteraceae, the tubular flowers
n. an outgrowth from the receptacle of a flower, surrounding the base of the ovary, often derived by reduction and modification of the innermost set of stamens
n. a cup shaped, or enlarged tubular structure surrounding the ovary, formed either by the marginal expansion of the receptacle or the fusion of the lower parts of the calyx, corolla and androecium; when the corrolla and androecium appear to arise from the calyx tube, that part of the apparent calyx tube below the attachment of the petals is the hypanthium
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