syncarp

American  

[sin-kahrp] / ˈsɪn kɑrp /

noun

Botany.

1. an aggregate fruit.

2. a collective fruit.

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syncarp British  

/ ˈsɪnkɑːp /

noun

1. botany a fleshy multiple fruit, formed from two or more carpels of one flower or the aggregated fruits of several flowers

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syncarp Scientific  

/ sĭn′kärp′ /

1. A fleshy compound fruit composed either of the fruits of several flowers, as in the pineapple and mulberry, or of several carpels of a single flower, as in the magnolia and raspberry.

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Etymology

Origin of syncarp

1820–30; < New Latin syncarpium, equivalent to syncarp ( us ) syncarpous + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

A tree 30–50° high; leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, pointed, mostly rounded at base, green and shining; syncarp globose, yellowish green, 2–3´ in diameter.—E.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa