| Pronunciation: | | 'sinkârp
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple |
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SYNCARP is a 7 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | aggregate fruit, multiple fruit |
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| | See Also: | | fruit, syconium |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Syn"carp\, n. [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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A structure consisting of several united fruits, usually fleshy. Compare aggregate fruit. |
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