SYCONIUM (syconia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: syconia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does syconium mean? 

• SYCONIUM (noun)
  The noun SYCONIUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SYCONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYCONIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("syconium" is a kind of...):

aggregate fruit; multiple fruit; syncarp (fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple)

Holonyms ("syconium" is a part of...):

common fig; common fig tree; Ficus carica; fig (Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit)