Truncate fruit base

  • Title

    Truncate fruit base

  • Definition

    An ovary or a fruit which abruptly turns inward from the calycine rim to the pedicel/hypanthium. Same as infracalycine zone truncate.

  • Notes

    This term indicates the orientation of the infracalycine zone, i.e., the course that it follows from the calycine ring to the pedicel/hypanthium continuum. In this type of fruit, the infracalycine zone is barely seen when the fruit is viewed from the side.

  • Related Terms

    Calycine ring

    Pedicel/hypanthium

    Infracalycine zone truncate

    Infracalycine zone rounded

    Infracalycine zone tapered

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