{ ‖‖ } n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the fig. ] (Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig. [ 1913 Webster ]
[べにいも;ベニイモ, beniimo ; beniimo](n) (1) (See 大薯) purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; (2) (See 紫芋) purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such); (3) (uk) (See 芋貝) Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell)[Add to Longdo]