syncarp

A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.

Noun

  1. A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
  2. A similar multiple fruit, such as a mulberry.

Origin

From syn- + -carp, New Latin syncarpium. See syncarpous.

Forms

syncarps