CLINANTHIUM

(Lat.), n. n. Kli2n(klen)-a2n(a3n)'thi2-u3m- (u4m). From K\ivy, a bed, and avffos, a flower. Fr., clinanthe. Ger., Bliithe.nlager, Fruchtboden. 1. The common receptacle of composite plants; the pedicle enlarged at its top into a broad space loaded with many se ile flowers, as in Dorstenia. 2. Of Mirbel, the perocidium of Necker. [B. 1, 19, 121, 123 (a, 24).] [s. 314]