Multiple fruit

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Pineapple is a kind of multiple fruit.

Multiple fruits are fruits that grow from more than one flower (called an inflorescence).[1][2] Each flower in the inflorescence produces a fruit, and then these join together.[3] There are also many multiple fruits that become dry later.

In languages other than English, the meanings of multiple and aggregate fruit are reversed.[4]

Noni, flowers and developing fruit
In Liquidambar, the multiple fruit later becomes dry.

Examples of multiple fruits:

Multiple Fruit Media

References

  1. Hickey, M.; King, C.. The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms (2001)Cambridge University Press.
  2. Beentje, H.; Williamson, J.. The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms (2010). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.
  3. Schlegel. Encyclopedic Dictionary (13 May 2003)Taylor & Francis. p. 282. ISBN 9781560229506.
  4. Spjut, R.; Thieret, J.. Confusion between multiple and aggregate fruits. The Botanical Review 55 (1) (1989). p. 53–72. doi:10.1007/bf02868781.


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