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Details Title: Plant ID Final Description: Fruits Total Flash Cards: 39 Created: 12/11/2006 16:01:06	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Fruit Definition A ripened ovary and any other structures which are attached and ripen with it Term Pericarp Definition The wall of the fruit Term Layers of pericarp Definition Exocarp (outer layer), mesocarp (middle layer), endocarp (inner layer) Term Synconium Definition -More than one flower -Primarily receptacle tissue -Ripened ovaries inside receptacle -Moraceae Term Multiple fruit Definition -Many ripened ovaries -Tightly clustered -Not organized inside receptacle -Pineapple Term Fruits formed from multiple flowers Definition -Synconium -Multiple Term Fruits formed from a single flower w/ multiple ovaries Definition -Hip -Aggregate -Accessory Term Hip Definition -Carpels enclosed -Borne on inside wall of hypanthium Term Aggregate Definition -Carpels not enclosed on wall of hypanthium -Ovaries develop into drupelets -Borne on non-fleshy receptacle (Raspberry) Term Accessory Definition -Pistils develop into achenes -Borne on fleshy receptacle (Strawberrry) Term Single-ovary fruits (two broad types) Definition -Dry -Fleshy Term Dry fruits (two types) Definition -Indehiscent -Dehiscent Term Dehiscent fruits (two types) Definition -Single carpel -Multiple carpels Term Dehiscent Definition Dry fruits that split at maturity Term Indehiscent Definition Dry fruits that do not split at maturity Term Locule Definition Chamber containing seeds Term Septum Definition Partition separating locules Term Achene Definition Small seed-like fruit in which the seed is attached to at only one point (Sunflower) Term Cypsella Definition An achene with a pappus (Dandelion seed) Term Calybium Definition A hard unilocular fruit embedded within a cupule (Acorn) Term Caryopsis Definition Seed coat inseparably fused to ovary wall (Grain; rice) Term Nut Definition Unilocular fruit with a hard pericarp (Hazlenut) Term Samara Definition Winged achene (Ulmus spp.) Term Samaracetum Definition An aggregated winged achene, as in Acer spp. Term Capsule Definition A pod-like fruit with two or more carpels not separated by septae Term Septicidal capsule Definition Dehisces through septae Term Loculicidal capsule Definition Dehisces through locules Term Circumscissile capsule Definition Dehisces through top, which separates like a lid Term Poricidal capsule Definition Dehisces through spores Term Follicle Definition A many-seeded dry fruit formed from a single carpel, dehiscing along a suture Term Legume Definition Unicarpelate pod dehiscing along both sutures (Peas) Term Loment Definition A legume constricted between seeds (Peanut) Term Silique Definition An elongated, dry fruit formed from a superior pair of carpels and united by a septum Term Berry Definition A fleshy fruit from one or more carpels and with one or more seeds (Tomato) Term Hesperidium Definition Thick-skinned septate berries covered with glandular hairs (Citrus) Term Drupe Definition Fleshy fruit with a single seed enclosed within a stony endocarp Term Pepo Definition A berry with a hard rind (Melon) Term Pyrene Definition A fruit containing seeds surrounded by a bony endocarp (Aquifoliaceae) Term Pome Definition Fruits in which a major portion consists of tissue derived from other flower parts, such as the receptacle