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Definition of Pseudocarp
1. Noun. Fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry.
Definition of Pseudocarp
1. n. That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.
Definition of Pseudocarp
1. Noun. (botany) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part of a strawberry or fig. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudocarp
Literary usage of Pseudocarp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"The entire structure which is thus formed may be termed a pseudocarp ^ and may be
... Thus, for example, the strawberry is a pseudocarp, the axial part (or ..."
2. A Text-book of Biology: Comprising Vegetable and Animal Morphology and by James Richard Ainsworth Davis (1888)
"76. Fig. 77. Fig. 78. Fig. 79. Fig. 76.—SECTION OF YOUNG FIG.— r, Succulent flower
stalk; /, flowers placed in internal cavity. Fig. 77.—pseudocarp OF ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"The shape and colour of the pseudocarp is that of a strawberry, but in flavour
it resembles an apple. Unfortunately if eaten to excess it acts as an emetic. ..."
4. North American Flora by New York Botanical Garden (1905)
"Fruit a pseudocarp, consisting of the obovoid or oblong somewhat accrescent
receptacle bearing the adnate bases of the floral leaves and enclosing numerous ..."
5. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"... apple or pear are good examples, is an indehiscent fleshy pseudocarp whose
... When the pseudocarp is ripe the pericarp belonging to each carpel of the ..."
6. The Flora of the Alps by Alfred William Bennett (1897)
"Calyx 5-toothed; petals 5 ; stamens numerous; carpels 2-5, each with two ovules;
fruit a pome (pseudocarp) or drupe. Trees or shrubs, usually with simple ..."
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