hypanthium
noun
hypanthium is spelled H-Y-P-A-N-T-H-I-U-M: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hypanthium means “The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hypanthium is hypanthia or hypanthiums.
How many letters and syllables are in hypanthium?
| Letters | 10: H-Y-P-A-N-T-H-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hypanthium?
Hypanthium appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of hypanthium
- hypanthia plural
- hypanthiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hypanthium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hypanthium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bottom part of a flower:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hypanthe |
| Spanish | hipantio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hypanthium come from?
From hypo- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) + English -ium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).