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fleshy fruit [¦flesh·ē ¦früt] (botany) A fruit having a fleshy pericarp that is usually soft and juicy, but sometimes hard and tough. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the case of figs, tomatoes and other fleshy fruits, constant soil moisture - ensured by a layer of straw or unfinished compost on the soil surface - is the best way to prevent irregular fruit development. Furthermore, ornithomimids couldn't have gotten their nourishment from fleshy fruits because plants that bore them hadn't yet evolved, says Dale A. Stone or drupe fruits are classified together because of their single, hard, bony seeds inside the soft fleshy fruit. |
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