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Webster 1913 Edition


Syncarp

Syn′carp

,
Noun.
[NL.
syncarpium
. See
Syncarpous
.]
(Bot.)
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.

Definition 2024


syncarp

syncarp

English

Noun

syncarp (plural syncarps)

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