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ACCESSORY FRUIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory fruit mean?
• ACCESSORY FRUIT (noun)
The noun ACCESSORY FRUIT has 1 sense:
1. fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
Familiarity information: ACCESSORY FRUIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
accessory fruit; pseudocarp
Hypernyms ("accessory fruit" is a kind of...):
fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)
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