HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOLOGY
Question
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What is a fruit in biological terms?
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a ripened plant ovary
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a fleshy edible plant part
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the sweet-tasting part of a plant
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the plant part that makes seeds
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What is a fruit? In a botanical sense, a fruit is the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits.
Detailed explanation-2: -ovary, in botany, enlarged basal portion of the pistil, the female organ of a flower. The ovary contains ovules, which develop into seeds upon fertilization. The ovary itself will mature into a fruit, either dry or fleshy, enclosing the seeds.
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