noun
multiple fruit; aggregate fruit; syncarp
Botanical term for a fruit formed from a cluster of flowers (multiple fruit) or from several ovaries of a single flower (aggregate fruit). The English terms 'multiple fruit', 'aggregate fruit', and 'syncarp' overlap but are not always interchangeable; the Japanese term covers both concepts.
パイナップルは集合果の一種です。
Pineapple is a type of multiple fruit.
イチゴは集合果に分類される。
Strawberries are classified as aggregate fruits.
複果 is sometimes used synonymously with 集合果, but can also refer specifically to multiple fruits formed from an inflorescence.
Compound of 集合 (しゅうごう, 'collection, aggregation') and 果 (か, 'fruit'), a straightforward modern botanical term.