a. Bot. [f. mod.L. syncarpus (f. Gr. σύν SYN- + καρπός fruit) + -OUS.] Consisting of united or coherent carpels: opp. to apocarpous.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., Introd. p. xxx. Syncarpous [ovaria] are those of which the carpella are compactly combined.
1872. Oliver, Elem. Bot., I. iv. 37. The pistil [of Deadnettle] is syncarpous, consisting of two carpels, as indicated by the bifid stigma.
