aggregate fruit

/ˌægrəˈgeɪt frut/
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Other forms: aggregate fruits

Definitions of aggregate fruit
  1. noun
    fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
    synonyms: multiple fruit, syncarp
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    types:
    syconium
    the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
    type of:
    fruit
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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