syncarp
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
Noun
- A 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.
Origin
From syn- + -carp, New Latin syncarpium. See syncarpous.