8.2: Terms
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Accessory tissues | Tissue of the fruit that is from non-carpel origin, usually in epigynous and perigynous flowers — e.g., the flesh of an apple is hypanthium tissue and the ovary is the papery core that encloses the seed. |
Aggregate fruit | Fruit formed from the ripened ovaries present in one flower with numerous simple carpels. |
Dehiscent | Used to categorize fruits with seeds that separate from a dried pericarp. |
Endocarp | Inner layer of the pericarp. |
Exocarp | Outer layer of the pericarp. |
Fruit (botanical sense) | Ripened ovary together with the seeds within the ovary. |
Funiculus | Stalk that connects either an ovule or a seed to the placenta. |
Indehiscent | Used to categorize fruits with seeds that are retained within the dried pericarp. |
Mesocarp | Middle layer of the pericarp. |
Multiple fruit | Fruit formed from the ripened ovaries from a cluster of flowers that are in close proximity in an inflorescence and that coalesce into one unit. |
Pericarp | Ripened ovary wall; made up of three parts: exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp. |
Placenta | Part of an ovary where the funiculus attaches. |
Seed | Ripened ovule containing a seed covering, food storage, and an embryo. |
Simple fruit | Fruit formed from a flower with one carpel or multiple carpels fused together so that it looks like just one carpel. |