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Fruit Types
Fruit varieties and descriptive terms
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/16/2012

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Fleshy Fruit
Definition
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Berry
Definition

Single fleshy fruit without a stone, usually containing numerous of seeds

 

ex: banana

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Drupe
Definition

Single fleshy fruit with a hard stone that contains the single seed

 

ex: cherry

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Pome
Definition

Fleshy fruit with a thin skin, not formed from the ovary but from another part of the plant; seeds are contained in chambers in the center of the fruit

 

ex: apple

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Hesperidium
Definition

Single fleshy fruit without a stone, usually containing a number of seeds enclosed within an aromatic rind

 

ex: orange 

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Hep
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Pepo
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Pseudocarp
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Sorosis
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Syngonium
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Coenocarpium
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Dry Fruit
Definition
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Dehiscent Fruit
Definition
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Indehiscent Fruit
Definition
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Follicle
Definition
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Legume
Definition
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Lomentum
Definition
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Silique
Definition
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Capsule
Definition
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Septicidal Capsule
Definition
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Circumscissile Capsule
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Loculicidal Capsule
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Porose Capsule
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Valvate Capsule
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Achene
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Cypsela
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Nut
Definition
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Caryopsis
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Samara
Definition
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Schizocarpic Fruit
Definition
Dry fruit that splits at maturity into two or more closed, one-seeded parts

ex: maple
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Aggregate Fruit
Definition
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