Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That part of an anthocarpous fruit which does not belong to the pericarp. Also called anthocarp or anthocarpium. See anthocarpous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part of a strawberry or fig.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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