Multiple fruit

  • Title

    Multiple fruit

  • Definition

    A fruit formed from the ovaries of more than one flower, e.g., the pineapple fruit which consists of the fusion of the ovaries of the flowers of an inflorescence as the fruits develop.

  • Related Terms

    Ovary

    Inflorescence

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