Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fruiting stage of an inflorescence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mature stage succeeding inflorescence: used concretely for the fruit with its immediate supports.
- noun A collective fruit. Jackson, Glossary.
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- noun botany The
fruiting stage of aninflorescence ; a group offruit arranged on a stem in a characteristic pattern
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- noun the fruiting stage of the inflorescence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : Latin in-, in; see in– + Latin frūctus, fruit; see fruit.]
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