Hypocarpium

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

  Hypocarp \Hy"po*carp\, Hypocarpium \Hy`po*car"pi*um\, n. [NL.
     hypocarpium, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + ? fruit.] (Bot.)
     A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem,
     below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of
     {Cashew}.
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