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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fruit, such as a fig, mulberry, or pineapple, derived from the ovaries of several flowers that coalesce into a single structure.
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- noun botany A
fruit thatdevelops from thefusion ofcarpels from more than oneflower , as for instance, apineapple .
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- noun fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
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