true fruit

American  

noun

1. simple fruit.

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true fruit Scientific  

1. A fruit in which all tissues are derived from a ripened ovary and its contents.

2. See more at fruit Compare accessory fruit

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true fruit

What we deem the fruit of the fig is, it will be remembered, only the husk, the apparent seeds being the true fruit and—before ripening—the blossom.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various

The true fruit is round, or oval, or elongated, sometimes pear-shaped, and with flattened sides, due to mutual lateral pressure.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

They open as nuts do, and then you will find a kernel inside which is the true fruit.’

From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

The outer succulent part is the swollen receptacle, the horny core being the true fruit developed from the usually five carpels and enclosing the seeds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The coverings surrounding them complete the true fruit.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education