‖Ba′si‐gyn″i‐um (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. βασισ base + γυνη woman.] (Bot.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.