syconium
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from Ancient Greek σύκον (súkon, “fig”) + -ium
Noun
syconium (plural syconia)
- (botany) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, with flowers or fruits on the inside
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Translations
collective fleshy fruit
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