multiple fruit
Britishnoun
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A fruit, such as a fig, mulberry, or pineapple, that consists of the ripened ovaries of more than one flower that are combined into a single structure.
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The sheer variety is amazing, from columnar apple varieties to “fruit salad” trees bearing multiple fruit on one tree.
From Seattle Times
A pineapple is a good example of a "multiple fruit."
From Scientific American
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