syconium

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sy=co=ni=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

syconium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. the fig.].

 A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

syconium, n. (pl. syconia) Bot. a fleshy hollow receptacle developing into a multiple fruit as in the fig.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk sukon fig