. the male flowers of the fir family is an ament, the female a cone (see Fruit). Clinanthium (bed or receptacle).—A thick spongy or fleshy body of various forms, bearing numerous flowers; in the Contrayerva it is a flat disk with flowers on one side only, in the Osage orange and breadfruit it is globose or oblong, the whole surface being occupied with sessile flowers ; in the fig it is a hollow cone, the flowers lining the cavity (see Fruit); in the thistle family it is round and flat, convex or columnar, and known as the receptacle (fig. 1, c).

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