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The term stone fruit (also stonefruit) can be a synonym for drupe or, more typically, it can mean just the fruit of the genus Prunus. Freestone refers to a drupe having a stone which can be removed from the flesh with ease. The flesh is not attached to the stone and does not need to be cut to free the stone.
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A prominent, pointed terminal projection, especially of a carpel or fruit. berry A type of indehiscent fruit with the seed s immersed in the pulp, e.g. a tomato. bi-A prefix meaning "two", e.g. bisulcate, having two sulci or grooves. biennial A plant which completes its life cycle (i.e. germinates, reproduces, and dies) within two years or ...
The stone bramble is a perennial plant with biennial stems which die after fruiting in their second year. It sends out long runners which root at the tip to form new plants. The stems are 20–60 centimetres (8– 23 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) tall [3] and rough with many small spines.
Principal growth stage 7: Development of fruit 71: Ovary growing; fruit fall after flowering 72: Green ovary surrounded by dying sepal crown, sepals beginning to fall 73: Second fruit fall 75: Fruit about half final size 76: Fruit about 60% of final size 77: Fruit about 70% of final size 78: Fruit about 80% of final size 79: Fruit about 90% of ...
The fruit is commonly referred to in Chinese as chi qua (simplified Chinese: 节瓜; traditional Chinese: 節瓜; pinyin: jiéguā; Jyutping: zit3 gwaa1), but can also be referred to as moa qua or moa gua (Chinese: 毛瓜; pinyin: máoguā; Jyutping: mou4 gwaa1; lit. 'hairy gourd').
An aggregate fruit is also called an aggregation, or etaerio; it develops from a single flower that presents numerous simple pistils. [17] Each pistil contains one carpel; together, they form a fruitlet. The ultimate (fruiting) development of the aggregation of pistils is called an aggregate fruit, etaerio fruit, or simply an etaerio.
The yellow fruit obtains a higher market price and, being less hairy than the fuzzy kiwifruit, tastes better without peeling. [ 15 ] A commercially viable [ 20 ] variety of this red-ringed kiwifruit, patented as EnzaRed, is a cultivar of the Chinese hong yang variety.