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syncarp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syn-carp
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.

noun

A similar multiple fruit, such as a mulberry.

Etymology

From syn- + -carp, New Latin syncarpium. See syncarpous.

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

syncarps (plural)

Synonyms

aggregate fruit multiple fruit

Questions

What does syncarp mean?
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
Where does syncarp come from?
From syn- + -carp, New Latin syncarpium. See syncarpous.

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