syconium

American  

[sahy-koh-nee-uhm] / saɪˈkoʊ ni əm /

noun

Botany.

syconia plural

1. a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.

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syconium British  

/ saɪˈkəʊnɪəm /

noun

1. botany the fleshy fruit of the fig, consisting of a greatly enlarged receptacle completely surrounding the inflorescence

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• syconia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of syconium

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek sŷkon fig + New Latin -ium -ium