accessory fruit
noun Botany.
a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
Also called
false fruit,
pseudocarp.
Origin of accessory fruit
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby accessory fruit
Definition for false fruit (2 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for false fruit (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for false fruit (2 of 2)
Scientific definitions for false fruit (1 of 2)
accessory fruit
A fruit, such as the pear or strawberry, that develops from a ripened ovary or ovaries but also has tissue derived from part of the plant outside the ovary. In pears and other pomes, the edible flesh is a swollen part of the stem, and the fruit is the seed-bearing core. In the strawberry, the receptacle is fleshy, and the fruits are achenes embedded in its surface. Also called false fruit pseudocarp Compare aggregate fruit multiple fruit simple fruit.
Scientific definitions for false fruit (2 of 2)
false fruit
[ fôls ]
See accessory fruit.
See pome.