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pome fleshy fruit
pome fleshy fruit
Fruit with a seed, or pip, surrounded by three distinct layers: an exocarp, a fleshy mesocarp and a stiff endocarp containing loculi.
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section of an apple
apple
peduncle
Part of the fruit that once attached it to the terminal offshoot of the twig or branch.
stamen
Remnant of the flower’s stamens, visible as small hairs in the center of the depression on the bottom of the fruit.
style
Visible remnant of the flower’s style, now withered, that once connected the stigma to the ovary.
exocarp
Fruit’s outer layer, covering the mesocarp.
endocarp
The stiff inner layer of the fruit, surrounding and protecting the seed and covering the loculi.
seed
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
germination
mesocarp
Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.
loculus
Small cavity located under the endocarp, usually containing two seeds.
stalk
Part of the fruit that once attached it to the terminal offshoot of the twig or branch.
flesh
Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.
pip
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
core
Central inedible part of the apple, comprising the endocarp, the loculi and the seeds within the loculi.
sepal
Remnant of the flower’s sepal, visible as small flowers around a depression on the bottom of the fruit.
skin
Fruit’s outer layer, covering the flesh.