(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:15:59

Hyp`o*cra*ter`i*mor"phous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. bowl + form.] Bot.

Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.

 

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