inferior 1 |
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insertion |
indusium |
Inserted at the base of the sorus. |
true |
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derivation |
indusium |
Constituting a distinct enation from the epidermis, not simply a marginal fold of the lamina as a whole. |
superior 1 |
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insertion |
indusium |
Inserted at or near the apex of the sorus, distal to the sporangia. |
false |
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derivation |
indusium |
Constituting a marginal fold of the lamina as a whole and not a distinct enation from the epidermis. |
aggregate fruit |
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nominative |
fruit |
Compound and derived from the two or more simple, superior ovaries of a single apocarpous flower; the ovaries connate, coherent, or contiguous in the fruit, the whole with or without accessory tissue. |
acorn |
= glans |
nominative |
fruit |
A nut subtended by a persistent, hard, cap-like involucre of numerous, coherent, imbricate bracts; esp. in Fagaceae. |
akene |
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nominative |
fruit |
See achene. |
schizocarp |
> loment |
nominative |
fruit |
Dry, dehiscent and with two or more locules; derived from a single, superior or inferior, compound ovary; with or without accessory tissue; splitting between locules to yield separate, individually indehiscent, usually one-seeded segments (cocci or mericarps). |
loment |
< schizocarp |
nominative |
fruit |
A schizocarp with superposed locules; derived from a single, superior, simple ovary; disarticulating at transverse constrictions between the locules; in Fabaceae (Leguminosae). See also legume. |
pepo |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a berry but derived from a single, inferior, compound ovary, with accessory floral-tube tissue adnate to the pericarp, having a relatively thin, hard or leathery rind and a thicker, fleshy inner wall that surrounds a mass of seeds; esp. in Cucurbitaceae. |
nut |
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nominative |
fruit |
Relatively large, indehiscent, one-loculed, one-seeded and with a thick, hard, sometimes osseous pericarp; derived from a single, simple or compound ovary. See also acorn (glans). |
baccate |
= berry-like |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a berry. |
glans pl. glandes |
= acorn |
nominative |
fruit |
A nut subtended by a persistent, hard, cap-like involucre of numerous, coherent, imbricate bracts; esp. in Fagaceae. |
nutlet |
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nominative |
fruit |
A small, relatively hard-coated mericarp; esp. in Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Verbenaceae. |
legume |
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nominative |
fruit |
Dry, septicidal, one-loculed and derived from a single, superior, simple ovary; dehiscing along two sutures, one abaxial, one adaxial; in Fabaceae (Leguminosae). See also loment. |
cypsela pl. cypselae |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like an achene but derived from an inferior, bicarpellate ovary and with accessory perianth tissue adnate to the pericarp; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
syconium pl. syconia |
= fig; < coenocarp, infructescence (not recommended), multiple fruit, syncarp |
nominative |
fruit |
Compound and derived from a many-flowered inflorescence borne on the deeply invaginated, thus interior, surface of an enlarged, fleshy, enclosing, wall-like structure of accessory stem tissue that has a distal aperture (ostiole); the individual fruits tiny, dry, and indehiscent, each derived from a simple, superior ovary; in Ficus (Moraceae). |
anthocarp |
= accessory fruit; > diclesium |
nominative |
fruit |
Simple or compound and including some tissue of non-ovarian origin (accessory tissue). |
diplotegium pl. diplotegia |
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nominative |
fruit |
A pyxis with accessory tissue adnate to the pericarp; derived from an inferior ovary. |
stone fruit |
= drupe |
nominative |
fruit |
Fleshy, indehiscent and derived from a single, superior, simple or compound ovary; having a soft outer wall (exocarp and mesocarp) and an osseous inner stone (endocarp) containing the seed(s) (usually only one). |
hesperidium pl. hesperidia |
= citrus fruit |
nominative |
fruit |
A berry derived from a compound ovary and having a thin, firm, leathery rind (exocarp), a thicker, white, spongy wall layer (mesocarp) internal to that, and a fleshy interior (endocarp) that constitutes the bulk of the fruit and is separable into a number of radial sections, each triangular in transsection and consisting of a thin outer membrane surrounding a mass of juicy, unicellular vescicles, among which the seeds are embedded on the adaxial side; esp. in Rutaceae. |
capsular |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a capsule. |
pyxis pl. pyxides |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a capsule but circumscissile, the one or more seeds being released from the locule(s) upon separation of the distal, cap-like portion of the pericarp. See also diplotegium. |
capsule |
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nominative |
fruit |
Dry, longitudinally or poricidally dehiscent, and derived from a compound ovary with one or more locules; containing one or more seeds. See also pyxis. |
berry |
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nominative |
fruit |
Indehiscent, few- to many-seeded, and derived from a single, simple or compound ovary; fleshy throughout except for the seeds. See also hesperidium, pepo. |