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fleshy fruit: berry fruit [1]click to hear

Fruit in which the seed is surrounded by two distinct layers: an exocarp and a fleshy mesocarp that is in direct contact with the seed.
fleshy fruit: berry fruit [1] technical terms usual terms section of a grape stalk skin pip flesh style exocarp seed mesocarp funiculus pedicel

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stalk click to hear

Part of the fruit that once connected it to the cluster’s peduncle.

skin click to hear

Fruit’s outer layer, covering the flesh.

pip click to hear

Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.

flesh click to hear

Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.

style click to hear

Visible remnant of the flower’s style, now withered, that once connected the stigma to the ovary.

exocarp click to hear

Fruit’s outer layer, covering the mesocarp.

seed click to hear

Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.

mesocarp click to hear

Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.

funiculus click to hear

Slender strand that connects the seed to the grape’s pedicel; it is used to transport food to the developing seed.

pedicel click to hear

Part of the fruit that once connected it to the cluster’s peduncle.