aggregate fruit

English

An aggregate fruit with exposed seeds (Magnolia grandiflora)

Noun

aggregate fruit (plural aggregate fruits)

(botany) A fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry.

Synonyms

etaerio

Translations

a fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry

Finnish: kertohedelmä

Tagalog: damitlugning bunga

See also

compound fruit
multiple fruit

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