Definition of Syconium. Meaning of Syconium. Synonyms of Syconium

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Definition of Syconium

Syconium
Syconium Sy*co"ni*um, Syconus Sy*co"nus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the fig.] (Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

Meaning of Syconium from wikipedia

- Syconium (pl.: syconia) is the type of fruit borne by figs (genus Ficus), formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the...
- large leaves have three to five deep lobes. Its fruit (referred to as syconium, a type of multiple fruit) is tear-shaped, 3–5 cm (1–2 in) long, with a...
- syconium. Female wasps oviposit in the syconium for hatching. When these larvae emerge as adults, they carry the pollen ac****ulated in the syconium out...
- banyans bear their fruit in the form of a structure called a "syconium". The syconium of Ficus species supply shelter and food for fig wasps and the...
- of Ficus is an inflorescence enclosed in an urn-like structure called a syconium, which is lined on the inside with the fig's tiny flowers that develop...
- or maize, is known as an ear. The infructescence of Ficus is called a syconium. Ananas (pineapple) infructescence Vitis (grape) infructescence An ear...
- multiple fruit inside the inverted inflorescence. This form is called a syconium. Ananas (pineapple) Morus nigra (black mulberry) Compound fruit Schlegel...
- certain tiny agaonid wasps. In the common fig, the inflorescence is a syconium, formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries...
- peaking in spring and summer. Like all figs, the fruit is in the form of a syconium, an inverted inflorescence with the flowers lining an internal cavity....
- males' only tasks are to mate with the females while still within the fig syconium (inverted flower) and to chew a hole for the females to escape from the...