accessory fruit

noun

: a fruit (such as the apple) of which a conspicuous part consists of tissue other than that of the ripened ovary

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1858, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of accessory fruit was in 1858

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accessory fruit

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: a fruit (as the strawberry, apple, or fig) of which a conspicuous part consists of tissue other than that of the ripened ovary

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