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  2. Fruit (plant structure) - Wikipedia

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    An example of multiple fruits are the fig, mulberry, and the pineapple. [1] Simple fruits are formed from a single ovary and may contain one or many seeds. They can be either fleshy or dry. In fleshy fruit, during development, the pericarp and other accessory structures become the fleshy portion of the fruit. [2]

  3. Fruit - Wikipedia

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    Examples of accessory fruits include apple, rose hip, strawberry, and pineapple. Because several parts of the flower besides the ovary may contribute to the structure of a fruit, it is important to understand how a particular fruit forms. [3] There are three general modes of fruit development:

  4. Simple fruit - Wikipedia

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    To distribute their seeds, dry fruits may split open and discharge their seeds to the winds, which is called dehiscence. Or the distribution process may rely upon the decay and degradation of the fruit to expose the seeds; or it may rely upon the eating of fruit and excreting of seeds by frugivores – both are called indehiscence. Fleshy ...

  5. Berry (botany) - Wikipedia

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    Multiple fruits are not botanical berries. Multiple fruits are the fruits of two or more multiple flowers that are merged or packed closely together. [21] The mulberry is a berry-like example of a multiple fruit; it develops from a cluster of tiny separate flowers that become compressed as they develop into fruit. [22]

  6. Fig - Wikipedia

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    The fig fruit develops as a hollow, fleshy structure called the syconium that is lined internally with numerous unisexual flowers. The tiny flowers bloom inside this cup-like structure. Although commonly called a fruit, the syconium is botanically an infructescence, a type of multiple fruit. The small fig flowers and later small single-seeded ...

  7. Nutritionists Share a List of the Healthiest Fruits to Eat - AOL

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    Grapefruit. Grapefruit packs in a ton of nutrients for very few calories (half a grapefruit contains just 52 calories), making it one of the best-value fruits out there.High in vitamin C and ...

  8. Infructescence - Wikipedia

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    It usually retains the size and structure of the inflorescence. [1] In some cases, infructescences are similar in appearance to simple fruits. These are called multiple fruits. One example is the infructescence of Ananas, which is formed from the fusion of the berries with receptacle tissues and bracts. [2] [3]

  9. Multiple fruit - Wikipedia

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    After fertilization, each flower develops into a drupe, and as the drupes expand, they become connate (merge) into a multiple fleshy fruit called a syncarp. There are also many dry multiple fruits. [citation needed] Other examples of multiple fruits: Plane tree, multiple achenes from multiple flowers, in a single fruit structure