ACCESSORY FRUIT


Meaning of ACCESSORY FRUIT in English

Bot.

a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue. Also called false fruit, pseudocarp .

[ 1895-1900 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .