syncarp
syncarp · syncarps
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender…A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
Meaning
2 sensesA kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
A similar multiple fruit, such as a mulberry.
More definitions
- fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple
Origin
From syn- + -carp, New Latin syncarpium. See syncarpous.From syn- + -carp, New Latin syncarpium. See syncarpous.
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Forms
plural: syncarpsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple:aggregate fruitmultiple fruit
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsyncarpous
See also
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