syconium

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The fleshy multiple fruit of a fig, consisting of the enlarged, hollow, rounded floral receptacle with numerous fruitlets inside.

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In botany, a fleshy hollow receptacle, containing numerous flowers which develop together into a multiple fruit, as in the fig. Also called hypanthodium.

noun

A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

noun

A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, with flowers or fruits on the inside.

noun

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