Meanings
plural accessory fruits
- biologyA fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry.
Synonyms: false fruit, pseudocarp, pseudofruit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry.
More synonyms by meaning
nounfruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish falsk frugt
- falsk frugtA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Dutch schijnvrucht
- schijnvruchtA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Finnish epähedelmä
- epähedelmäA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
French faux-fruit
- faux-fruitA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
German Scheinfrucht
- ScheinfruchtA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Greek ψευδοκάρπιο, ψευδοφρούτο
- ψευδοκάρπιο (psevdokárpio)A fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
- ψευδοφρούτο (psevdofroúto)A fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Icelandic skinaldin
- skinaldinA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Italian falso frutto
- falso fruttoA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Norwegian Bokmål hjelpefrukt
- hjelpefruktA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Polish owoc pozorny
- owoc pozornyA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Portuguese pseudofruto
- pseudofrutoA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Spanish pseudofruto
- pseudofrutoA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Swedish skenfrukt
- skenfruktA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Tagalog hugpunging bunga
- hugpunging bungaA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Turkish aksesuar meyve, sözde meyve
- aksesuar meyveA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
- sözde meyveA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
- yalancı meyveA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Welsh ffug ffrwyth
- ffug ffrwythA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
Cite this entry
accessory fruit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessory%20fruit
“accessory fruit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessory%20fruit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accessory fruit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessory%20fruit.
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