stylopodium

2 definitions found

stylopodium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stylopodium \Sty`lo*po"di*um\, n.; pl. Stylopodia. [NL. See
     Style, and Podium.] (Bot.)
     An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous
     plants.
     [1913 Webster]

stylopodium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stylopodium
      n 1: an enlargement at the base of the style in some
           Umbelliferae