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fleshy fruit

Post by kandarp shah » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:20 pm

i have a question in my AP bio class:

1) Explain the role of fleshy fruit containing the seedmy answer: they have fleshy pericarp(tomato, grapes)

please help.
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Post by mith » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:52 am

It makes it edible and delicious :)
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Post by MrMistery » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:43 pm

to protect the seed...
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