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A pome is an accessory fruit composed of one or more carpels surrounded by accessory tissue. The accessory tissue is interpreted by some specialists as an extension of the receptacle and is then referred to as "fruit cortex", [3] and by others as a fused hypanthium (floral cup). [3] It is the most edible part of this fruit. [citation needed]
They can be follicles, capsules, nuts, achenes, drupes , and accessory fruits, like the pome of an apple, the hip of a rose, or the receptacle-derived aggregate accessory fruit of a strawberry. Many fruits of the family are edible, but their seeds often contain amygdalin, which can release cyanide during digestion if the seed is damaged. [18]
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft) tall.. Rich in symbolic and mythological associations in many cultures, it is thought to have originated from Afghanistan and Iran before being introduced and exported to other parts of Asia, Africa, and Eur
The fruit was known in the Akkadian language as supurgillu; "quinces" (collective plural), [8] which was borrowed into Aramaic as ספרגלין sparglin; it was known in Judea during the Mishnaic Hebrew as פרישין prishin (a loanword from Jewish Palestinian Aramaic פרישין "the miraculous [fruit]"); [9] quince flourished in the heat ...
Thus, some sources describe the fruit of species from the genus Persea, which includes the avocado, as a drupe, [4] others describe avocado fruit as a berry. [5] One definition of berry requires the endocarp to be less than 2 mm ( 3 ⁄ 32 in) thick, other fruits with a stony endocarp being drupes. [ 6 ]
The fruit is large, 15–25 cm (6–10 in) in diameter, [5] usually weighing 1–2 kilograms (2–4 pounds). It has a thicker rind than a grapefruit, and is divided into 11 to 18 segments. The flesh tastes like mild grapefruit, with a little of its common bitterness (the grapefruit is a hybrid of the pomelo and the orange).
The mesocarp (from Greek: meso-, "middle" + -carp, "fruit") is the fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit; it is found between the epicarp and the endocarp. [8] It is usually the part of the fruit that is eaten. For example, the mesocarp makes up most of the edible part of a peach, and a considerable part of a tomato.
The reddish-brown fruit is a pome, 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, with wide-spreading persistent sepals around a central pit, giving a 'hollow' appearance to the fruit. [7] In cultivated forms the diameter is even between 3 and 8 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 and 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in).