Bot. a pear-shaped, fleshy, hollow false fruit, as of the fig
Origin:
ModL < Gr sykon, fig
See syconium in American Heritage Dictionary 4
nounpl.sy·co·ni·a(-nē-ə)
The fleshy multiple fruit of the fig, consisting primarily of the enlarged, hollow, globose floral receptacle open at the apex and containing numerous fruitlets.