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单词 syncarp
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syncarp

[ sin-kahrp ]
/ ˈsɪn kɑrp /

noun Botany.

an aggregate fruit.
a collective fruit.

Origin of syncarp

1820–30; <New Latin syncarpium, equivalent to syncarp(us) syncarpous + -ium-ium

Words nearby syncarp

synaxarium, synaxary, synaxis, sync, syncanthus, syncarp, syncarpous, syncategorematic, syncephalus, sync-generator, syncheilia
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Example sentences from the Web for syncarp

  • It sometimes happens that the ovaries of two flowers unite so as to form a double fruit (syncarp).

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for syncarp

syncarp
/ (ˈsɪnkɑːp) /

noun

botany a fleshy multiple fruit, formed from two or more carpels of one flower or the aggregated fruits of several flowers

Word Origin for syncarp

C19: from New Latin syncarpium, from syn- + Greek karpos fruit
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for syncarp

syncarp
[ sĭnkärp′ ]

A fleshy compound fruit composed either of the fruits of several flowers, as in the pineapple and mulberry, or of several carpels of a single flower, as in the magnolia and raspberry.
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