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[[Image:FraiseFruitPhoto.jpg|right|thumb|strawberry: the 'seeds' are the real fruits ("[[achene]]s")]]
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.
An example is the [[apple]]. Other examples include [[cashew]] and [[ficus]].
Accessory fruit includes [[false berry|false berries]] (e.g. the [[strawberry]]).
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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.
An example is the [[apple]]. Other examples include [[cashew]] and [[ficus]].
Accessory fruit includes [[false berry|false berries]] (e.g. the [[strawberry]]).
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{{fruits}}
[[Category:Accessory fruit|*]]
[[Category:Plant morphology]]
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