collective fruit en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any fruit formed from a mass of flowers, such as the mulberry or pineapple.
While the true aggregate fruit is produced by the ovaria of a single flower, a collective fruit, if aggregate, is produced by the ovaria of many flowers
1832, John Lindley, An Introduction to Botany:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| collective fruits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |