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Fruits , Fruits
The fruit is the mature ovary and its associated parts. This unique covering of the seeds of flowering plants gives this group of plants their… 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… Rosaceae , The family Rosaceae consists of about one hundred genera and three thousand species. It is distributed throughout the world, being especially common… Prunus , Prunus
Prunus (plums, cherries; family Rosaceae) A genus of trees and shrubs whose flowers have 5 free petals, 5 sepals, about 20 stamens, and a sing… Achene , achene A dry indehiscent fruit formed from a single carpel and containing a single seed. An example is the feathery achene of clematis. Variants of t… parthenocarpy , parthenocarpy The formation of fruit without prior fertilization of the flower by pollen. The resulting fruits are seedless and therefore do not cont…
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