Definition of Hipocarpium

Definition of Hipocarpium

{ Hy"po*carp (?), ||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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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