syconium
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
A kind of
- aggregate fruit
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σῦκον" (fig).
Where this comes from
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