aggregate fruit

American  

noun

1. Botany. a fruit, such as the raspberry, that is composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower.

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aggregate fruit Scientific  

/ ăg′rĭ-gĭt /

1. A fruit, such as a raspberry or a strawberry, that consists of multiple ripened ovaries of a single flower, borne together on a common receptacle.

2. Compare accessory fruit multiple fruit simple fruit

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Example Sentences

Private-equity funds have also been accused of unethical behavior in their aggressive pursuit of profits at all costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Recent acquisitions illustrate drugmakers’ aggressive pursuit of deals that could help them compete in hot markets, like obesity, and refuel with startups’ new products as their own top-selling medicines come off patent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

A Times investigation in July found that the aggressive pursuit of federal charges against people protesting immigration enforcement in Southern California has led to weak cases being rejected numerous times by grand juries.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

Officials have sought to assuage residents, promising an aggressive pursuit of accountability.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

He no longer alarmed her by aggressive pursuit, nor sought to lead the conversation to those personal topics which she had found so repellent.

From The Title Market by Soper, J. H. Gardner