a fleshy multiple fruit, formed from two or more carpels of one flower or the aggregated fruits of several flowers
Word origin
C19: from New Latin syncarpium, from syn- + Greek karpos fruit
syncarp in American English
(ˈsɪnkɑːrp)
noun Botany
1.
an aggregate fruit
2.
a collective fruit
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ NL syncarpium, equiv. to syncarp(us) syncarpous + -ium-ium]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, morphology, phonetic, takeoff