pseudocarp

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pseudocarp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pseudocarp \Pseu"do*carp\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
     That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived
     from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.
     [1913 Webster]

pseudocarp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pseudocarp
      n 1: fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the
           ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry [syn: accessory fruit
           , pseudocarp]