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Noun: syconium (syconia)  sI'kow-nee-um
  1. The fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
    "The syconium of the fig is technically not a single fruit but a collection of many tiny fruits"

Derived forms: syconia

Type of: aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp

Part of: common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica, fig

Encyclopedia: Syconium