Flora of New York/Glossary

Glossary

fruit

berry

A berry is a simple fleshy fruit (such as a grape or tomato) in which all parts of the fruit are edible.

pome

A pome is a simple fleshy fruit (such as an apple or pear) with an inedible core containing the seeds.

drupe

A drupe is a simple fleshy fruit (such as a cherry, plum, or peach) that has a thin outer skin (exocarp) surrounding a fleshy mesocarp that surrounds a hard inedible pit (endocarp), which contains the seed. In aggregate fruits (such as raspberries), the individual sections are called drupelets.

hesperidium

pepo

References

"Fruit Types" from S.J.Meades, D.Schnare, K.Lawrence & C.Faulkner. (2004 onwards). Northern Ontario Plant Database Website. Version 1, January 2004. Algoma University College and Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
James D. Mauseth, University of Texas, Austin (2009). Botany, an Introduction to Plant Biology, Fourth edition. Jones and Bartlet Publishers, Sudbury Massachusetts. "Fruit Types and Seed Dispersal."

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