stylopodium

[ stahy-luh-poh-dee-uhm ]

noun

, Botany.

, plural sty·lo·po·di·a [stahy-l, uh, -, poh, -dee-, uh].

1. a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.

stylopodium

/ ˌstaɪləˈpəʊdɪəm /

noun

1. botany a swelling at the base of the style in umbelliferous plants

Word History and Origins

Origin of stylopodium¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1825–35; stylo- ¹, -podium

Word History and Origins

Origin of stylopodium¹

C19: New Latin, from Greek stulos pillar + -podium

Example Sentences

The base of the styles is frequently thickened and cushion-like, and called the stylopodium.

From Project Gutenberg

Glaucous, 1–3° high, slender, branching; leaves 2–3-ternate, with lanceolate to ovate entire leaflets; flowers yellow; fruit broadly oblong, 2´´ long; stylopodium small or wanting.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves simply pinnate, with sharply toothed leaflets; flowers white; fruit oblong, 1´´ long; stylopodium cushion-like.—Rocky shores of Delaware River; Sycamore, Ohio.

From Project Gutenberg

Fruit oblong to ovate, glabrous, with slender equal ribs, numerous oil-tubes, and depressed or cushion-like stylopodium.—Glabrous perennials, with ternately or pinnately compound leaves, involucre and involucels scanty or none, and white or yellow flowers.

From Project Gutenberg

Fruit oblong, with slender ribs, no oil-tubes, and prominent flat stylopodium.

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