syncarp (sinkarp)

[ lateral, or grouped in terminal panicles. In S. laurifolia flowers in the head become connate by their calyces, each of which contains at its bottom a three-celled adnate ovary with numerous ovules; in S. lep to petal a each calyx is free, the ovary is two-celled, and the ovules are solitary, an unusual character in the order. These trees attain a height of about 60 feet. S. laurifolia, known as the tur. pentine - tree, produces an aromatic oil, and a soft, brittle, but very durable wood, used for flooring and, as it takes a high polish, for cabinet-work. syncarpium (sin-kär'pi-um), n.; pl. pl. syncarp i a (-a). [NL.: see syncarp.] In bot., same as syncarp. syncarpous (sin-kärpus), a. [ IMG:content-2697.jpg:[graphic] quantity. See quantity. II. n. In logic , a word which cannot be used as a term by itself, as an adverb or a preposi The friends of great Saints are described [in the calention. dar of the Greek Church] as their syn as cetes. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, i. 763. Synascidiæ (sin-a-sid'i-e), n . pl . [NL., Gr. σύν, with, + NL. Ascidiæ .] A group or division of tunicates, containing certain compound as- cidians, as those of the family Botryllidæ (which see). Also called Compos itæ . synastry (si-nas'tri), n. [As if (Gr. συναστρία , a constellation, σύν , together, + ἀστρον , a star.] Coincidence as regards stellar influence; the state of having similar starry influences presid- ing over one's fortune, as determined by astro- logical calculation. Motley . [Rare.] syn a thro is mus (sin-ath-roiz'mus), n. [ σύν , with, together, + ἀθροισμός, condensation, ἀθροίζειν , collect.] In rhet . , a kind of amplification, consisting in the accumulation of words and phrases equiva- lent or presenting different particulars of the same subject.