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| Fruit from ONE flower with one or several fused carpels. Can be fleshy or dry. There is a lot of variety in simple fruits. |
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| Simple fruit that is fleshy throughout. |
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| Examples of a simple fruit |
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| Tomato, banana, cranberry, blueberry |
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| A simple fleshy fruit with a leathery rind. |
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| Pumpkins, zucchini, squash |
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| A simple fleshy fruit with rind and oil glands. |
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| Citrus fruits: oranges, lemons, limes, etc. |
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| Simple fleshy fruit with a hard stone at its center. |
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| Cherry, plum, peach, avocado, mango |
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| Simple dry fruit that does not split open. |
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| Simple dry fruit from on carpel; splits open along one seam. Milkweed. |
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| Simple dry fruit from one carpel that splits open along two seams; peas, beans |
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| Simple dry fruit from one carpel that splits open along more than two seams; poppy, cotton. |
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| Fruit from one flower with many unfused carpels; blackberry, raspberry. |
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| Fruit from many individual flowers that fuse together as the fruits grow in size; pineapple, figs |
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| Fruit formed from tissue in addition to the ovary. |
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| Examples of accessory fruits |
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Strawberries - uses receptacle tissue and the ovary
Apples and pears - use floral tube tissue and the ovary |
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