Meanings
nounfalse fruit (plural false fruits)
plural false fruits
- biologyA fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but some adjacent tissue.
Synonyms: accessory fruit, pseudocarp, pseudofruit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but some adjacent tissue.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
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Translations
Norwegian Bokmål falsk frukt
- falsk fruktA fruit with tissue not derived from ovary
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