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kukkapohjus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • receptacle noun A container designed to hold something.
  • torus noun The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).

Senses

kukkapohjus is used for these senses in English:

  • hypanthium (botany) The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
  • receptacle (botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.
  • torus (anatomy) A rounded ridge of bone or muscle, especially one on the occipital bone.

receptacle — full definition

  1. noun A container designed to hold something.
  2. noun A wall socket for plugging in electrical devices.
  3. noun In botany, the part of the flower stalk that the petals and other floral parts attach to.

torus — full definition

  1. noun The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).
  2. noun A topological space which is a product of two circles.
  3. noun The product of the specified number of circles.
  4. noun A ring-shaped object, especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research.

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