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| Samara |
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A dry, indehiscent, one-seeded, winged fruit; a winged achene; maple or ash. |
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| Achene |
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A dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit with ovary wall free from seed; sunflower seed. |
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| Schizocarp |
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A fruit that splits between carpels into one seeded portions. |
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| Hip |
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A fleshy floral cup with achenes inside; fruit of a rose. |
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| Drupe |
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One-seeded indehiscent fruit with a stony endocarp, the middle part fleshy, and an outer skin; plum, cherry, or peach. |
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| Pome |
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A fleshy indehiscent fruit developing from a compound inferior ovary embedded in fleshy floral cup tissue; apple or pear. |
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| Berry |
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An indehiscent, several-seeded, fleshy fruit; tomato or grape. |
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| Hesperidium |
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A berry with a tough, leathery rind; citrus. |
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| Nut |
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A hard-shelled, single-seeded, indehiscent fruit; hickory or pecan. |
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| Acorn |
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A nut residing in a cup; oaks. |
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| Cone |
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A cylindrical structure with a dense aggregation of bracts which bearing pollen or seeds; pines and cedars. |
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| Legume |
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A dry, single carpel fruit dehiscent along two sutures; mesquite, redbud or honey locust. |
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| Capsule |
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A dry, dehiscent fruit developed from more than one carpel. |
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| Follicle |
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A dry, single carpel fruit dehiscent along a single suture
Multiple-Aggregate. |
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| Multiple |
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A single "fruit" formed by the coalescence of several fruits from separate flowers; mulberry or osage-orange. |
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| Aggregate |
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A fruit formed by the clustering together of a number of separate pistils from a single flower; blackberry or dewberry. |
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| Catkin |
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A deciduous, erect or lax, spike-like inflorescence with scaly bracts and unisexual, apetalous, wind-pollinated flowers; male inflorescence of oaks and pecans. |
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