syconium in English
noun
1
a fleshy hollow receptacle that develops into a multiple fruit, as in the fig.
Figs (or, more properly, syconia ) are hollow multiple receptacles lined with numerous male and female florets.
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1. Like other fig species, 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 trees depend on the fig wasps for pollination.