cyathium
/saɪˈæθɪəm/noun
(pl.cyathia /-ɪə/)
- Botany the characteristic inflorescence of the spurges, resembling a single flower. It consists of a cup-shaped involucre of fused bracts enclosing several greatly reduced male flowers and a single female flower.【植】杯状聚伞花序。
词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos 'cup'.