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ACCESSORY FRUIT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory fruit mean?

• ACCESSORY FRUIT (noun)
The noun ACCESSORY FRUIT has 1 sense:

1. fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry

Familiarity information: ACCESSORY FRUIT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACCESSORY FRUIT (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

accessory fruit; pseudocarp

Hypernyms ("accessory fruit" is a kind of...):

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

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