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