ripened+ovary
31Small fruits — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… …
32accessory fruit — noun Date: circa 1900 a fruit (as the apple) of which a conspicuous part consists of tissue other than that of the ripened ovary …
33core — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a central and often foundational part usually distinct from the enveloping part by a difference in nature < the core of the city >: as a. the usually inedible… …
34fruit — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from frut, fruit, from Latin fructus fruit, use, from frui to enjoy, have the use of more at brook Date: 12th century 1. a. a product of plant growth (as grain, vegetables, or cotton) <… …
35Fruit tree — A fruit tree is a tree bearing fruit mdash; the structures formed by the ripened ovary of a flower containing one or more seeds. However, because all trees of flowering plants produce fruit (essentially all trees except tree ferns and… …
36Fruit (disambiguation) — A fruit (from Latin fructus enjoyment, profit ) is the ripened ovary of a flowering plant.Fruit may also refer to: * Fruit (band), an indie rock band from Australia * Fruit (chess engine), a computer chess program * Fruit (slang) as well as… …
37accessoryfruit — accessory fruit n. A fruit, such as the pear or strawberry, that develops from a ripened ovary or ovaries but includes a significant portion derived from nonovarian tissue. Also called false fruit, pseudocarp. * * * …
38apple — /ap euhl/, n. 1. the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family. 2. the tree, cultivated in most temperate regions. 3. the fruit of any of certain other species of tree of the same genus. 4.… …
39pericarp — pericarpial, pericarpic, adj. pericarpoidal, adj. /per i kahrp /, n. Bot. 1. the walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp. 2. a membranous envelope around the cystocarp of red… …
40pericarp — peri·carp (perґĭ kahrp″) [peri + carp] the seed vessel or ripened ovary of a flower …
