'Syconium' definitions:
Definition of 'syconium'
From: WordNet
noun
The fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
Definition of 'Syconium'
From: GCIDE
- Syconium \Sy*co"ni*um\, Syconus \Sy*co"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the fig.] (Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig. [1913 Webster]