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noun
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp
History
From New Latin sȳconium, from Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + -ium.
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