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syconium

Noun

sy=co=ni=um

WORDNET DICTIONARY

syconium(n = noun.plant) Array - the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets; Array

is a kind of aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp

syconium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. the fig.].

A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig. [1913 Webster]

syconium, n. (pl. syconia) Bot. a fleshy hollow receptacle developing into a multiple fruit as in the fig.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk sukon fig

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