Topic: fruit

fruit matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed . After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilization ) and the embryo plantlet begins to form, the surrounding ovule (see pistil ) develops into a seed and the ovary wall (pericarp) around the ovule becomes the fruit. The pericarp consists of three layers of tissue: the thin outer exocarp, which becomes the "skin" ; the thicker mesocarp; and the inner endocarp, immediately surrounding the ovule. A flower may have one or more simple pistils or a compound pistil made up of two or more fused simple... Read more