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syconium

American  
[sahy-koh-nee-uhm] / saɪˈkoʊ ni əm /

noun

Botany.

plural

syconia

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

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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Etymology

Origin of syconium

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

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