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stylopodium
[ stahy-luh-poh-dee-uhm ]
/ ˌstaɪ ləˈpoʊ di əm /
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noun, plural sty·lo·po·di·a [stahy-luh-poh-dee-uh]. /ˌstaɪ ləˈpoʊ di ə/. Botany.
a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
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How to use stylopodium in a sentence
The base of the styles is frequently thickened and cushion-like, and called the stylopodium.
Fruit ovate, glabrous, with equal filiform ribs, and no oil-tubes; stylopodium conical and prominent; seed nearly terete.
Stylopodium, an epigynous disk, or an enlargement at the base of the style.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for stylopodium
stylopodium
/ (ˌstaɪləˈpəʊdɪəm) /
noun plural -dia (-dɪə)
botany a swelling at the base of the style in umbelliferous plants
Word Origin for stylopodium
C19: New Latin, from Greek stulos pillar + -podium
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