Compound fruit

The term compound fruit is sometimes used when it is not clear which of several fruit types a fruit belongs to. A compound fruit is "composed of two or more similar parts".^[1]

A compound fruit may be:

An aggregate fruit, in which one flower contains several separate ovaries, which grow together during development.
A multiple fruit, in which several flowers, each with an ovary, develop into small fruits that grow together into a larger fruit.
A simple fruit formed from a compound ovary.

Grapes grow in clusters, but are not compound fruits. Each grape is grown from one ovary in one flower, and they are not attached to one another.

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↑ Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. translated by. Cambridge University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. translated by. Cambridge University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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