Bot. a fruit derived from the separate carpels of one flower, the uniting of a cluster of flowers, or tissue other than the ovary; pseudocarp
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false fruit
noun
A fruit, such as a strawberry, that contains tissue not derived from a ripened ovary.
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See accessory fruit
See pome
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Noun
(plural false fruits)
- (botany) A plant structure that resembles a fruit but is not derived from a flower or flowers
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