multiple fruit

British  

noun

1. a fruit, such as a pineapple, formed from the ovaries of individual flowers in an inflorescence

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multiple fruit Scientific  

1. 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.

2. Compare accessory fruit aggregate fruit simple fruit

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Example Sentences

The sheer variety is amazing, from columnar apple varieties to “fruit salad” trees bearing multiple fruit on one tree.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

In the third group, called "multiple fruit," many ovaries and flowers unite.

From Scientific American • Jul. 19, 2012

A pineapple is a good example of a "multiple fruit."

From Scientific American • Jul. 19, 2012

Strobilaceous, relating to or resembling a Strobile, a multiple fruit in the form of a cone or head, 124.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Sorosis, name of a multiple fruit, like a pine-apple.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa