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Meaning of "syconium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SYCONIUM

From New Latin, from Greek sukon fig.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SYCONIUM

syconium  [saɪˈkəʊnɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYCONIUM

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Syconium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SYCONIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Syconium

A syconium is the type of fruit borne by figs, formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the inside surface. In essence, it is really a fleshy stem with a number of flowers, so it is considered both a multiple and accessory fruit. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word sykon, meaning "fig". Cross section of Ficus glomerata fruit showing the syconium with fig wasps.

Definition of syconium in the English dictionary

The definition of syconium in the dictionary is the fleshy fruit of the fig, consisting of a greatly enlarged receptacle completely surrounding the inflorescence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYCONIUM


ammonium
əˈməʊnɪəm
charmonium
tʃɑːˈməʊnɪəm
conium
ˈkəʊnɪəm
diazonium
ˌdaɪəˈzəʊnɪəm
erythronium
ˌɛrɪˈθrəʊnɪəm
euphonium
juːˈfəʊnɪəm
harmonium
hɑːˈməʊnɪəm
Iconium
aɪˈkəʊnɪəm
ionium
aɪˈəʊnɪəm
meconium
mɪˈkəʊnɪəm
pandaemonium
ˌpændaɪˈməʊnɪəm
pandemonium
ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm
pelargonium
ˌpɛləˈɡəʊnɪəm
phosphonium
fɒsˈfəʊnɪəm
plutonium
pluːˈtəʊnɪəm
polemonium
ˌpɒlɪˈməʊnɪəm
polonium
pəˈləʊnɪəm
positronium
ˌpɒzɪˈtrəʊnɪəm
stramonium
strəˈməʊnɪəm
zirconium
zɜːˈkəʊnɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYCONIUM

sycamine
sycamore
sycamore tree
syce
sycee
sycee silver
sycomore
syconia
sycophancy
sycophant
sycophantic
sycophantical
sycophantically
sycophantise
sycophantish
sycophantishly
sycophantize
sycophantly
sycophantry
sycosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYCONIUM

aluminium
Andymonium
archegonium
ascogonium
carpogonium
coronium
cuprammonium
decamethonium
hormogonium
hydroxonium
muonium
oogonium
opsonium
Ponzimonium
purdonium
spermagonium
spermatogonium
spermogonium
sporogonium
sulphonium
zonal pelargonium

Synonyms and antonyms of syconium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «syconium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYCONIUM

Find out the translation of syconium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of syconium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «syconium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

榕果
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sicono
570 millions of speakers

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syconium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

syconium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

syconium
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

syconium
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

syconium
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

syconium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sycone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syconium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

syconium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

syconium
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

syconium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syconium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

syconium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சைகோனியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिरस्त्राण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

syconium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

syconium
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syconium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

syconium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

syconium
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

syconium
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

syconium
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

syconium
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

syconium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of syconium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYCONIUM»

The term «syconium» is used very little and occupies the 185.361 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYCONIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «syconium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «syconium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about syconium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYCONIUM»

Discover the use of syconium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to syconium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts
At the same time as the emergence of the female wasps is occurring, the staminate flowers within the profichi syconium have matured and are shedding pollen. The emerging females, covered with pollen, seek out the summer or mammoni ...
Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, 2008
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Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology: Classic Papers with ...
Classic Papers with Commentaries Robin L. Chazdon, T. C. Whitmore. J. CAUL AND D. EISIKOWITCH FIG. 7. Longitudinal section through the ovule of FIG. 8. Cross section through the syconium of Ficus Ficus sycomorus, showing egg of ...
Robin L. Chazdon, T. C. Whitmore, 2002
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Handbook of Flowering
INFLORESCENCE AND FLOWERS The inflorescence ( = syconium, fig) of Ficus is a hollow urn-shaped body, bearing the flowers on its inner surface (Figures 2 and 3). From outside, it resembles a fruit rather than an inflorescence. The fig has  ...
Abraham H. Halevy, 1989
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Tropical Forest Genetics
Female wasps are attracted by pheromones and enter the syconia of a “receptive ,” female flowering syconium, through the ostiole. They fertilize the long-styled female flowers with pollen brought from another fig of the same species and lay ...
Reiner Finkeldey, Hans Heinrich Hattemer, 2006
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The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour
The familiar fig 'fruit' is derived from a syconium. which is in fact a globular inflorescence containing hundreds of pistillate flowers and a smaller number of staminate flowers, lining a sealed cavity. Entrance to this cavity is afforded via the  ...
Rod Preston-Mafham, 1993
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Insect Evolutionary Ecology: Proceedings of the Royal ...
Females in different groups have evolved either long ovipositors to penetrate the wall and lay eggs deep within the syconium or, more rarely (but again repeatedly ), the habit of entering the syconium at the same time as the pollinators (Rasplus  ...
Royal Entomological Society of London. Symposium, Mark Fellowes, Graham Holloway, 2005
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Krakatau: The Destruction and Reassembly of an Island Ecosystem
different times, so female flowers must receive their pollen from male flowers of another syconium. Loaded with pollen, female pollinating wasps enter the fig through the narrow neck of the vase, which acts as a valve because of a series of  ...
Ian W. B. Thornton, 1997
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Plants in Action: Adaptation in Nature, Performance in ...
The style of the long-styled flower is longer than the ovipositor, and these flowers are pollinated by the female wasp with pollen collected from a male stage syconium. The syconia and its seed then develop slowly as the wasp larvae grow .
Brian James Atwell, Paul E. Kriedemann, Colin G. N. Turnbull, 1999
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Evolutionary Ecology : Concepts and Case Studies: Concepts ...
ostiole syconium wall long sty* Figure 24.4 Structure of the inflorescence ( syconium) of a monoecious fig tree. Pollinator females enter the syconium through the tight, bract-covered pore (the ostiole); they generally become trapped inside after ...
Charles W. Fox Associate Professor of Entomology University of Kentucky, Derek A. Roff Professor of Biology University of Kentucky, Riverside Daphne J. Fairbairn Professor of Biology both at The University of California, 2001
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Tropical Ecology
The fig inflorescence, called a syconium, is a cluster of enclosed flowers within a gourd-like covering. The wasp—fig relationship described here is for monoecious figs. Externally, the fig inflorescence reveals nothing of its unique inner ...
John Kricher, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYCONIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term syconium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Best of Biotech 2015
Syconium received the third prize of 5,000 euros and the special MedTech Award went to CSD labs. The winners did not only gain financial support for their ... «inventures.eu, May 15»
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aws Best of Biotech: Auszeichnung der besten Life Science-Konzepte
Syconium Lactic Acid GmbH hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, mittels innovativer biotechnologischer Ansätze ein kommerziell erfolgreiches Verfahren zur Herstellung ... «APA OTS, May 15»
3
Lalique 2015, re dei profumi esclusivi
... diletta nel planare tra l'essenza Kitrea (unione tra agrumi e mare), Syconium (i vari momenti di maturazione del fico) e Leucò (l'ipnotico e notturno fiore bianco ... «toBe Magazine, Jan 15»
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Как Русью пахнет: какой иностранцы видят Россию
... рассказала Мария на сентябрьской выставке Pitti Fragranze, где впервые представила ароматы Syconium с медом, молоком, инжиром; Kitrea с медом, ... «РБК, Dec 14»
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Choosing right fig tree to make jam in Canberra
So, with this self-pollinating plant, you have both the male and female flower elements enclosed in this stem tissue, called the syconium. A single fig tree can, ... «Good Food, Nov 14»
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Pitti Fragranze n.12, gli eventi
... impressionista crea una nuova linea di profumi ispirata dalla natura, ci svela la tuberosa di Leucò, gli agrumi marini di Kitrea e il fico ombroso di Syconium. «Panorama, Sep 14»
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Neu im Geschäft 24. Juli 2014
GS: Gabor Plettinger. GS: Frigyes Wieland. Syconium Lactic Acid GmbH, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Wien, FN 419334v GF: DI Dr.Michael Hammerschmid. GS: Univ. «WirtschaftsBlatt.at, Jul 14»
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Warmer wasps may mean fewer figs
The syconium, the botanist's name for the fig fruit, is not strictly a fruit but an inflorescence, a complex enclosure of flowers and seeds. Each wasp lays her eggs ... «ABC Online, Mar 13»
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QI: Some quite interesting facts about figs
The black or green orb we eat is called a syconium (from the Greek sykon, “fig”). It is what botanists call an “enclosed inflorescence” because hundreds of tiny ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 12»
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Garden Tips: Figs a lovely, edible addition to South Florida landscape
The often-seen “fruit” of a fig is not really a fruit but a part of the flower structure called a syconium. The flowers are small, fleshy and borne on the inside wall of ... «TCPalm, Sep 10»

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