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Syconium

Syconium Meaning & Definition
Syconium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Syconium?

[n] the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets

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See Also | aggregate fruit | common fig | common fig tree | Ficus carica | fig | multiple fruit | syncarp

Syconium In Webster's Dictionary

\Sy*co"ni*um\, Syconus \Sy*co"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the fig.] (Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

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