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Chapter 7 Fruits and Flying Sees
Fruits and Flying Seeds
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
11/04/2013

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What is a fruit with partitions evident in cross section; leathery and glandular exocarp seperable from inner layers? Example?
Definition
Hesperidium
Orange
Term
What is a fruit with no partitions evident in cross section; leathery to woody exocarp inseperable from inner layers? Example?
Definition
Pepo
Cucumber
Term
What are fruits that are more or less fleshy throughout? Example?
Definition
Berry
Tomato
Term
What is a fruit with a pericarp with fleshy mesocarp and stony or hard endocarp; usually single seed? Example?
Definition
Drupe
Peach
Term
What is a fruit with one carpel; splits along two seams; member of Fabaceae? Example?
Definition
Legume
peas
Term
What is a fruit of one carpel and splits along one seam? Example?
Definition
Follicle
Magnolia fruit and sweet
Term
What is a fruit of two or more fused carpels; splits in a variety of ways? Example?
Definition
Capsule
pecon
Term
What is fruit of two fused carpels that separate, leaving a persistent partition between; member of Brassicaceae? Example?
Definition
Silique
Trumpet Creeper
Term
What is a fruit that bears one seed that is attached to inside of a pericarp at only one point? Example?
Definition
Achene
Sunflower seed
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What is a fruit that bears one seed that is completely fused with the pericarp? Example?
Definition
Caryopsis
Corn
Term
What is a fruit that is achenelike fruit with a flat winglike outgrowth? Example?
Definition
Samara
Winged Sumac
Term
What is a fruit that has a hard exocarp and single seed; usually attached to extra tissues? Example?
Definition
Nut
Acorn
Term
What is a simple fleshy fruit derived from inferior ovary surrounded by a fleshy hypanthium (receptacle? Example?
Definition
Pome
Apple
Term
What is a fruit derived from a receptacle; individual ovaries form berries, drupes, or achenes? Example?
Definition
Accessory aggregate
Strawberry
Term
What is a fruit that splits open when ripe, contains numerous seeds? Example?
Definition
Dehiscent
peas, cotton etc.
Term
What fruit does not split open when ripe; usually contains only one or two seeds? Example?
Definition
Indehiscent
acorn, corn
Term
What is a fruit derived from one ovary of a single flower?
Definition
Simple Fruit
Term
What is fruit derived from several ovaries of a single flower?
Definition
Aggregate fruit
Term
What is a fruit derived from a cluster of several ovaries from several flowers clustered together on one stem? Example?
Definition
Multiple fruit
pinapple
Term
What is a calyx or receptacle fused with ovary wall; can be simple, aggregate or multiple? Example?
Definition
Accessory fruit
strawberry
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