Anthocarpous Definition

anthōkärpəs, anthəkärpəs
adjective
Designating or of a false fruit, as the pineapple or strawberry, formed from the separate ovaries of one or several blossoms.
Webster's New World

(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.

The mulberry and pineapple are anthocarpous.
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Origin of Anthocarpous

  • antho- +‎ -carpous

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