pseudocarp
/ˈsuːdoʊˌkɑːrp/
noun
- A fruit that develops from parts of the flower other than the ovary, such as the receptacle or calyx, often called a false fruit.
- Many common fruits like figs and pineapples are actually pseudocarps, formed from multiple flowers.
- The strawberry is a pseudocarp because the fleshy part comes from the flower's receptacle, not the ovary.
- In botany class, we learned that apples are pseudocarps since the edible part is derived from the floral tube.