HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The fruit is the ripened ovary of a plant containing the seeds. After fertilization, the ovary swells and becomes either fleshy or hard and dry to protect the developing seeds. Many fruits help seeds spread (maple seeds).

Detailed explanation-2: -The seeds of angiosperms develop in the ovaries of flowers and are surrounded by a protective fruit.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fruit is a mature or ripened ovary. The ovule-bearing reproductive structure of the plant flower is termed as the ovary. The ovules are protected and enclosed by the ovary, from the very young stage of flower development until the ovules become fertilized and then turns into a seed.