Bot. [mod.L., f. Gr. σῦκον fig.] = SYCONIUM.
1832. Lindley, Introd. Bot., 180. Syconus … a fleshy rachis, having the form of a flattened disk, or of a hollow receptacle, with distinct flowers and dry pericarpia.
1861. Bentley, Man. Bot., 327. The Dorstenia … is another example of the syconus, although it differs a good deal from the Fig in its general appearance.
