fruits

• fruit - a mature, ripened ovary that often provides protection and dispersal for the enclosed seeds.
• SIMPLE FRUIT A fruit that develops from one or several united carpels.
• AGGREGATE FRUIT A fruit that develops from a single flower with several separate carpels that fuse, or grow together.
• MULTIPLE FRUIT A fruit that develops from the carpels of closely associated flowers that fuse, or grow together.
• ACCESSORY FRUIT A fruit whose fleshy part is composed primarily of tissue other than the ovary.