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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]].
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−Accessory fruit includes [[false berry|false berries]] (e.g. the [[strawberry]]).
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−{{fruits}}
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−[[Category:Accessory fruit|*]]
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−{{botany-stub}}
[[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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−{{unreferenced|date=July 2007}}
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