Definition of Simple fruit
1. Noun. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry.
Definition of Simple fruit
1. Noun. (botany) A fruit that develops from either a single or compound ovary within a flower with a single pistil. ¹
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Literary usage of Simple fruit
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1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... styles as many as the ovary-cavities, simple. Fruit a capsule or drupe, its
carpels i-2-seeded. Embryo straight ; endosperm fleshy, or almost wanting. ..."
2. General Botany for Universities and Colleges by Hiram Delos Densmore (1920)
"... student to classify most of the common fruits with which he comes in contact
in the field. Dry dehiscent fruits: The follicle is a simple fruit which ..."
3. Lessons in Cookery by Frances Elizabeth Stewart (1919)
"simple fruit DESSERTS! (Not made on a milk basis) Fresh Fruit Stewed Ingredients:
Method: Raw fruit (fresh and mild) in season, such as: Apples Cherries ..."
4. The Shrubs of Northeastern America by Charles Stedman Newhall (1893)
"GUIDE TO THE GENERA. (a) Seed-case, one to many, free, and not (as 1n Rosa)
covered in ripening by the calyx. (b) Seed-case, one. Leaves, simple. Fruit ..."
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