pseudocarp

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noun

An accessory fruit.

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accessory fruit
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Meanings

nounpseudocarp (plural pseudocarps)

plural pseudocarps

  1. biologyAn accessory fruit.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry

Similar
accessory fruit
Broader
fruit
Also see
accessory fruitfalse fruitpseudocarpiumpseudofruit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pseudo- + -carp.

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APA

pseudocarp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocarp

MLA

“pseudocarp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocarp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudocarp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocarp.

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