Definition for THE'CA-PHORE

THE'CA-PHORE, n. [Gr. θηκη, a case or cover, and φορεω, to bear or carry.]

In botany, the pedicel or stipe of an ovary when it has one, called also gynophore, basigynium and podogynium. Lindley.

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