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floral cup

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floral cup
n.
A tubular or cup-shaped structure of a flower, bearing on its rim the sepals, petals, and stamens.
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Noun1.floral cup - the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
calyx tube, hypanthium
plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus


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In early February to late March 2007, Georgians will witness small floral cups bursting of yellow emerging from the ground heralding spring and warmer days that lie ahead.
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