false fruit

false fruit

n.

1. See accessory fruit.

2. See pome.

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false fruit

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) another name for pseudocarp

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false fruit  (fôls)

1. See accessory fruit.

2. See pome.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

false fruit - a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part pome apple - fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh pear - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties quince - aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant