SIMPLE FRUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simple fruit mean? 

• SIMPLE FRUIT (noun)
  The noun SIMPLE FRUIT has 1 sense:

1. an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry

  Familiarity information: SIMPLE FRUIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMPLE FRUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bacca; simple fruit

Hypernyms ("simple fruit" is a kind of...):

berry (a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry))