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A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
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A compound fruit which splits when ripe into several indehiscent portions, each having one seed
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n. (Gr. schizein, to cleave; karpos, fruit) a dry fruit, as in the maple, that splits at maturity into two or more one seeded carpels which remain closed.
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a fruit which splits into multiple parts called mericarps.
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A dry dehiscent fruit that splits into two halves.
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A fruit that splits into two or more 1-seeded sections called mericarps; as in the carrot family.
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Dry to rarely fleshy fruit breaking into one-seeded (or few-seeded) segments (mericarps).
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a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed
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a twin fruit that separates into two one-seeded mericarps, types of fruit that often have tiny oil tubes in their walls
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fruit that splits into single seeded portions
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fruit that splits into separate carpels at maturity, as in the Apiaceae (like golden alexander)
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a dry fruit formed from more than one carpel but breaking apart into 1-carpel units when ripe. cf. mericarp.
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Winged, samara-like fruits borne in pairs.
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A fruit that splits between carpels into two or more one-seeded portions, as in the Apiaceae or Boraginaceae.
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A fruit that splits into separate carpels at maturity.
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A schizocarp is a dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels. When mature it splits up into one-seeded mericarps.
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