HyperDic: syconium

English > 1 sense of the word syconium:
NOUNplantsyconiumthe fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
English > syconium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningThe fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets.
Part offig, common fig, common fig tree, Ficus caricaMediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
Broaderaggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarpfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle
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