Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HYP-O-CRA-TER'I-FORM
HYP-O-CRA-TER'I-FORM, a. [Gr. υπο, under, κρατηρ, a cup, and form.]
Tubular below, but suddenly expanding into a flat border at top; applied to a monopetalous corol. Bigelow.
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