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syconium
sy·co·ni·um
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saɪˈkoʊ
ni
əm
/
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[
sahy-
koh
-nee-
uh
m
]
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noun,
plural
sy·co·ni·a
/
-ni
ə
/
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-nee-
uh
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.
Botany
.
a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
Origin:
1855–60;
<
Neo-Latin
<
Greek
sŷkon
fig +
Neo-Latin
-ium
-ium
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syconium
(saɪˈkəʊnɪəm)
—
n
,
pl
-nia
botany
the fleshy fruit of the fig, consisting of a greatly enlarged receptacle completely surrounding the inflorescence
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek
sukon
fig]
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