Syncarp

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

  Syncarp \Syn"carp\, n. [NL. syncarpium. See {Syncarpous}.]
     (Bot.)
     A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a
     solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia;
     also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syncarp
       n : fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes
           derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle:
           e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple [syn: {aggregate
           fruit}, {multiple fruit}]