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| − | [[Image:FraiseFruitPhoto.jpg|right|thumb|strawberry: the 'seeds' are the real fruits ("[[achene]]s")]] | + | 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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| − | [[Category:Plant morphology]]
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