Clinanthium

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

  Clinanthium \Cli*nan"thi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? bed + ?
     flower.] (Bot.)
     The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also
     called {clinium}.
     [1913 Webster]