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A fruit is an ovary and its accessory parts that have developed and matured, such as the ovule(s), which develop into seed(s)
Fruits are found exclusively in flowering plants. |
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| The pericarp is the part of a fruit that contains the endocarp, mesocarp, and exocarp. |
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| The endocarp is the boundary around a seed within a fruit. |
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| The mesocarp is the fleshy tissue of a fruit that lies between the endocarp and the exocarp. |
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| The exocarp is the skin of a fruit. |
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| What are the two main types of fruits? |
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| dry fruits, which have a dry mesocarp at maturity, and fleshy fruits, which have a fleshy or partly fleshy mesocarp at maturity |
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| What is the difference between a pome and a drupe? |
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| A pome has a leathery endocarp (apples and serviceberries) and a drupe has a bony endocarp (cherries). |
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| What are the two main types of dry fruits, defined by whether or not they split at maturity? |
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dihescent fruits-split at maturity
indihescent fruits-do not split at maturity |
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| What are the three types of indihescent fruits? |
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Achenes: dry, small, unwinged, 1-seeded (sycamore)
Samaras: dry, winged, 1-seeded (maples and ashes)
Nuts: dry, 1-seeded, with a hardened pericarp (acorns) |
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| What are the three types of dihescent fruits? |
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Follicles: split along one line (magnolia)
Legumes: split along two lines (locusts)
Capsules: sypically split along 2 or more lines (poplars and aspens) |
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| A compound fruit contains more than one ovary. |
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| define an aggregate fruit: |
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| An aggregate fruit is one that forms when a single flower has multiple carpels that become multiple ovaries. |
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| A multiple fruit is one that forms froms when multiple flowers mature into fruits in a single mass. |
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| name the four parts of a female cone: |
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-bract
-scale
-umbo
-apophysis |
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