noun
fig; syconium
Botanical term for the fruit of the fig tree, specifically the syconium (a fleshy receptacle containing many flowers).
無花果状果は、イチジク属の植物に見られる特徴的な果実の形態です。
The syconium is a characteristic fruit form found in plants of the fig genus.
無花果 (いちじく) is the common word for the fig fruit or tree, while 無花果状果 is the technical term for the syconium structure.
Compound of 無花果 (いちじく, 'fig') + 状 (じょう, '-shaped') + 果 (か, 'fruit'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern botanical coinage.