Syconium
noun, plural syconia
[sahy-koh-nee-uh] /saɪˈkoʊ ni ə/ (Show IPA). Botany.
1.
a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
noun (pl) -nia (-nɪə)
1.
(botany) the fleshy fruit of the fig, consisting of a greatly enlarged receptacle completely surrounding the inflorescence
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