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fruit

(plural: fruits)

(Science: botany) The seed-bearing structure in angiosperms formed from the ovary after flowering.

classification of fruits based on the arrangement from which they derive:

• Simple fruits - fruits that developed from a single or compound ovary with only one pistil (of a single flower). Simple fruits may either be fleshy or dry fruits.
  • Fleshy fruit types are berries (i.e. Fruits in which the entire pericarp is soft and pulpy, e.g. Grapes, tomatoes, bananas, pepo, hesperidium, blueberry, etc.), drupes (i.e. Fruits with pulpy, fibrous, or leathery outer layers while the endocarp hardens into a pit or stone enclosing one or more seeds, e.g. Peach, cherry, olive, coconut, walnut, etc.).
  • Dry fruits may either be dehiscent (i.e. the hard or papery shells split open to release the mature seed, e.g. Pods of the pea and bean), or indehiscent (i.e. Fruits that do not split open, e.g. Milkweed, achenes, etc). Types of dry simple fruits are achene (e.g. buttercup), capsule (e.g. Brazil nut), caryopsis (e.g. wheat), fibrous drupe (e.g. Coconut), follicle (e.g. Milkweed), legume (e.g. peanut), loment, nut (e.g. hazelnut), samara (e.g. elm), schizocarp (e.g. carrot), silique (e.g. radish), silicle (e.g. Shepherds purse), utricle (e.g. beet)
• Aggregate fruits - fruits that develop from a single flower of many simple pistils. Examples are blackberries and raspberries.
• Multiple fruits - fruits tht develop from the ovaries of many flowers growing in a cluster. Examples are pineapple and mulberry
• Accessory fruits - fruits that contain tissue derived from plant parts other than the ovary. Examples are strawberry, apple, pear, etc.