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pseudocarp


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pseudocarp  \Pseu"do*carp\,  n.  [Pseudo-  +  Gr  ?  fruit.]  (Bot.) 
  That  portion  of  an  anthocarpous  fruit  which  is  not  derived 
  from  the  ovary,  as  the  soft  part  of  a  strawberry  or  of  a  fig. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pseudocarp 
  n  :  fruit  containing  much  fleshy  tissue  besides  that  of  the 
  ripened  ovary;  as  apple  or  strawberry  [syn:  {accessory 
  fruit}] 




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