syconium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets

WordNet

Sy*co"ni*um, Sy*co"nus noun (Also<
  • Syconium
  • Syconus
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. the fig.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

Webster 1913