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Keywords: Fleshy, Strawberry, Ovary, Fruit, Singleflower

Related Terms: Achene, Aril, Baccate, Berry, Bramble, Bur, Cactus , Capsule, Carpophore, Caryopsis, Cone , Coriaceous, Cycad, Dehiscent, Dewberry, Drupe, Drupelet, Endocarp, Fleshy, Follicle, Fructification, Fructify, Fruit, Gymnosperm, Hesperidium, Hilum, Key, Loment, Mericarp, Mesocarp, Nut , Nutlet, Pericarp, Pome, Pomology, Samara, Schizocarp, Silicle, Silique, Stone, Strobile, Syconium, Syncarp, Valve, Pod, Hull, Aggregate Fruit, Prickly Pear, Multiple Fruit, Siliqua

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simple or aggregate fruit formed from one or more ovaries which also incorporates fleshy receptable tissue. Examples: apple, pear or strawberry

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Fruit containing tissues developed from the flower parts in addition to the ovary, e.g. cucumber, pumpkin, banana.

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fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry

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a fruit in which the fleshy part is derived not from the ovary (or surrounding stem, if the ovary is inferior) but from some adjacent

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a fruit where the fleshy part is derived not from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue

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A fruit, or group of fruits derived from a singleflower, in which the conspicuous, fleshy portion develops from the receptacle and is shed with the true fruit(s) attached.

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