syncarp
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(sĭn′kärp′)n.
A fleshy aggregate fruit such as a pineapple or mulberry.
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syncarp
(ˈsɪnkɑːp)n
(Botany) botany a fleshy multiple fruit, formed from two or more carpels of one flower or the aggregated fruits of several flowers
[C19: from New Latin syncarpium, from syn- + Greek karpos fruit]
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| Noun | 1. |  syncarp - fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapplefruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant syconium - the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets |
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