apocarp
/ˈæpəˌkɑrp/
noun
- A fruit formed from a single carpel (seed-bearing structure) that does not fuse with others, such as a pea pod or a cherry.
- The strawberry is not an apocarp; it is an aggregate fruit made of many tiny carpels.
- A pea pod is a simple apocarp, because it develops from one carpel.
- In botany class, we learned that a cherry is an apocarp with a single seed inside.