simple fruit

simple fruit

n. A fruit, such as a pea pod, orange, or tomato, that develops from a single pistil.

simple fruit

n (Botany) a fruit, such as a grape or cherry, that is formed from only one ovary

sim′ple fruit′

n. a fruit formed from one pistil. [1875–80]

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simple fruit - an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberrybaccaberry - a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)