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Multiple fruit

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noun, plural: multiple fruits

A type of fruit that develops from the ovaries of many flowers growing in a cluster or that are fused together into a larger fruit.


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Examples of multiple fruits are pineapple and mulberry. Each section of a pineapple was an individual fruit from an individual flower, and fused to become a pineapple.


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