seed-bearing fruit

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• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium

• fruit — 1. noun /fɹuːt/ a) The seed bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam. b) Any sweet,… …   Wiktionary

• Fruit tree propagation — is usually carried out through asexual reproduction by grafting or budding the desired variety onto a suitable rootstock. Perennial plants can be propagated either by sexual or vegetative means. Sexual reproduction occurs when male pollen from… …   Wikipedia

• seed — [sēd] n. pl. seeds or seed [ME sede < OE sæd, akin to Ger saat < IE base * sē(i) , to cast, let fall > L serere, to sow, plant, sator, sower, semen, seed] 1. the part of a flowering plant that typically contains the embryo with its… …   English World dictionary

• fruit — ► NOUN 1) the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food. 2) Botany the seed bearing structure of a plant, e.g. an acorn. 3) the result or reward of work or activity. 4) informal, derogatory,… …   English terms dictionary

• fruit — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from frut, fruit, from Latin fructus fruit, use, from frui to enjoy, have the use of more at brook Date: 12th century 1. a. a product of plant growth (as grain, vegetables, or cotton) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fruit — noun 1》 the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.     ↘Botany the seed bearing structure of a plant, e.g. an acorn.     ↘archaic or literary natural produce that can be used for food: the… …   English new terms dictionary

• fruit — The edible, mature, seed bearing product of a plant …   Combined glossary of agriculture

• Fruit — For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). Several culinary fruits …   Wikipedia

• seed — seedless, adj. seedlessness, n. seedlike, adj. /seed/, n., pl. seeds, (esp. collectively) seed, v., adj. n. 1. the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant. 2. any propagative part of a plant,… …   Universalium

• fruit — n. & v. n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. b (in sing.) these in quantity (eats fruit). 2 the seed of a plant or tree with its covering, e.g. an acorn, pea pod, cherry, etc. 3 (usu. in pl.)… …   Useful english dictionary