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syconium

[sahy-koh-nee-uhm]

noun

Botany.

plural

syconia 

  1. a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.

syconium

/ ɪˈəʊɪə /

noun

  1. botany the fleshy fruit of the fig, consisting of a greatly enlarged receptacle completely surrounding the inflorescence

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Word History and Origins

Origin of syconium1

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek ŷDz fig + New Latin -ium -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of syconium1

C19: from New Latin, from Greek sukon fig

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