About The Word Syconium
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Syconium
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What's The Definition Of Syconium?
[n] the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
Synonyms | Synonyms for Syconium: Related Terms | Find terms related to Syconium: 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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