Syconium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syconium \Sy*co"ni*um\, Syconus \Sy*co"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     the fig.] (Bot.)
     A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden
     within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syconium
       n : the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an
           enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
       [also: {syconia} (pl)]