Difference between revisions of "Accessory fruit"

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[[Image:FraiseFruitPhoto.jpg|right|thumb|strawberry: the 'seeds' are the real fruits ("[[achene]]s")]]
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Fruit-like body composed of pericarp and other structure or structures seemingly a part of it, but not originally united with it, as [[wintergreen berry]].
  
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An '''accessory fruit''', '''false fruit''', '''spurious fruit''', '''epigynous fruit''' or '''pseudocarp''' is a [[fruit]] where the fleshy part is derived not from the [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] but from some adjacent tissue.
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An example is the [[apple]]. Other examples include [[cashew]] and [[ficus]].
 
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Accessory fruit includes [[false berry|false berries]] (e.g. the [[strawberry]]).
 
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[[Category:Accessory fruit|*]]
 
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Latest revision as of 05:49, 31 March 2009

Fruit-like body composed of pericarp and other structure or structures seemingly a part of it, but not originally united with it, as wintergreen berry.


This article contains a definition from the Glossary of Gardening Terms.
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