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  2. Berry - Wikipedia

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    In Britain, soft fruit is a horticultural term for such fruits. [3] [4] [5] The common usage of the term "berry" is different from the scientific or botanical definition of a berry, which refers to a fleshy fruit produced from the ovary of a single flower where the outer layer of the ovary wall develops into an edible fleshy portion .

  3. Berry (botany) - Wikipedia

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    In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes , currants , and tomatoes , as well as cucumbers , eggplants (aubergines), persimmons and bananas , but exclude certain fruits that meet the culinary definition of berries , such as strawberries and ...

  4. Drupe - Wikipedia

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    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] In marginal cases, terms such as drupaceous or drupe-like may be used. [3] [6] The term stone fruit (also stonefruit) can be a synonym for drupe or, more typically, it can mean just the fruit of the genus ...

  5. Fruit - Wikipedia

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    Berry – the berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit. The entire outer layer of the ovary wall ripens into a potentially edible "pericarp", (see below). Stone fruit or drupe – the definitive characteristic of a drupe is the hard, "lignified" stone (sometimes called the "pit").

  6. Phytosociology - Wikipedia

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    Phytosociology, also known as phytocoenology or simply plant sociology, is the study of groups of species of plant that are usually found together. Phytosociology aims to empirically describe the vegetative environment of a given territory. A specific community of plants is considered a social unit, the product of definite conditions, present ...

  7. Aggregate fruit - Wikipedia

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    A raspberry fruit (shown with a raspberry beetle larva) is an aggregate fruit, an aggregate of drupelets The fruit of an Aquilegia flower is one fruit that forms from several ovaries of one flower, and it is an aggregate of follicles. However, because the follicles are not fused to one another, it is not considered an aggregate fruit

  8. The Most Surprising Fruits Commonly Mistaken for Vegetables - AOL

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    Merriam-Webster defines "fruit" as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant." Most often, these seed plants are sweet and enjoyed as dessert (think berries and melons), but some ...

  9. Grape - Wikipedia

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    A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis. Grapes are a non-climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,000 years ago, and the fruit has been used as human food throughout its history.