Basigynium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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