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multiple fruit

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multiple fruit
n.
A fruit, such as a fig, mulberry, or pineapple, derived from several flowers that are combined into a single structure.

multiple fruit
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a fruit, such as a pineapple, formed from the ovaries of individual flowers in an inflorescence

multiple fruit
A fruit, such as a fig, mulberry, or pineapple, that consists of the ripened ovaries of more than one flower that are combined into a single structure. Compare accessory fruitaggregate fruitsimple fruit
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Noun1.multiple fruitmultiple fruit - fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
syconium - the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets


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