| 释义 |
‖ syconium Bot.|saɪˈkəʊnɪəm|
[mod.L., f. Gr. σῦκον fig: see also sycon.]
A multiple fruit developed from numerous flowers imbedded in a fleshy receptacle, as in the fig.
1856Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms, Syconium, Syconus. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. vii. §2 (ed. 6) 303 The Syconium..results from a multitude of flowers concealed in a hollow flower-stalk,..which becomes pulpy and edible when ripe. |