Vocabulary Entry

syncarpous

|adjective

adjective

Describing a type of fruit that is formed from the fusion of multiple ovaries from a single flower.

Example Sentences

"The syncarpous fruit of the mulberry contains many small drupes."

"In botany class, we learned about syncarpous flowers and their unique reproductive structures."

"Pineapples are considered syncarpous because they develop from several fused ovaries."