aggregate fruit

noun

A fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry.

Meanings

nounaggregate fruit (plural aggregate fruits)

plural aggregate fruits

  1. biologyA fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry.

    Synonyms: etaerio

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan eteri
  • eteria fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
Danish flerfoldsfrugt
  • flerfoldsfrugta fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
Finnish kertohedelmä
  • kertohedelmäa fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
French fruit agrégé, fruit aggloméré
  • fruit agrégéa fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
  • fruit aggloméréa fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
German Sammelfrucht
  • Sammelfruchta fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
Italian frutto aggregato
  • frutto aggregatoa fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
Norwegian Bokmål samfrukt
  • samfrukta fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
Spanish eterio, conocarpo
  • eterioa fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
  • conocarpoa fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
Tagalog damitlugning bunga
  • damitlugning bungaa fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
Welsh cyfunffrwyth
  • cyfunffrwytha fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry
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APA

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Chicago

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