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simple fruit

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simple fruit
n.
A fruit, such as a pea pod, orange, or tomato, that develops from a single pistil.

simple fruit
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a fruit, such as a grape or cherry, that is formed from only one ovary

simple fruit
A fruit that develops from a single ovary in a single flower. Simple fruits may be fleshy or dry. There are three main kinds of fleshy simple fruit: the berry, the drupe, and the pome. Dry simple fruits are classified as dehiscent (splitting open to free the seeds, as in the milkweed and pea pod) and indehiscent (enclosing the seeds until after the fruit has left the plant, as in grains, nuts, and winged fruits like the maple). Compare accessory fruitaggregate fruitmultiple fruit
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Noun1.simple fruit - an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grapesimple fruit - an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry
berry - a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)


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