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How do fruits classified?
Fruits are classified based on their botanical classification as either fleshy or dry fruits. Fleshy fruits can be further categorized as simple, aggregate, or multiple fruits. Dry fruits are classified as dehiscent or indehiscent based on how they release their seeds.
What part of the plant do nuts come from?
Nuts are usually the seed of the plantIn strict botanical sense nuts are dry indehiscent fruits
Does a hibiscus bear fruit?
Yes, hibiscus plants can produce fruit. The fruit of the hibiscus plant is a dry capsule that contains seeds. This fruit is not typically consumed by humans, but it is essential for the plant's reproduction.
What kind of fruit is formed from carpels?
Fruit consists of carpels where the ovules (seeds) develop and the ovary wall (pericarp) which can be fleshy...apple ,or dry..acorn. Other fruit have their seeds located on the periphery of the pericarp (strawberries)/
What makes a nut a nut?
Even though a "nut" is a form of fruit. A nut consists of a dry hard exterior and contains only (usually) 1 seed inside, this is the eatable part. However depending on who you ask members of the Nut group also fall into other groups such as the Coconut which is considered to be a nut and a dried drupe (dry stone fruit). The term Fruit is far too generic, for there are 14 types of fruit families which Nuts are apart of.
Differentiate dehiscent from indehiscent?
Indehiscent fruit do not split open when ripe. Dehiscent fruits do split open along a built in line of weakness. An example of a dehiscent fruit is a peanut. An indehiscent fruit would be an apple.
What part of the plant is corn kernel?
It's a dry indehiscent fruit.
3 What is the difference between a dry dehiscent fruit and a dry indehiscent fruit?
dehiscenthave open fruits and they disperse when mature indehiscentdo not have open fruits.
What is indehiscent fruit?
Dehiscent the mature overy wall (pericarp) breaks open therby freeing the seeds. Indehiscent seeds remain in the fruit after the fruit has ben shed from the parent plant.
What is an achene?
An achene is, botanically speaking, a small, dry, indehiscent fruit containing a single seed, such as the buttercup.
What is an achenium?
An achenium is another word for an achene - botanically speaking, a small, dry, indehiscent fruit containing a single seed, such as the buttercup.
Is almond a fruit?
Almonds are nuts. Nuts are fruits that are indehiscent(not opening at maturity.)
How do fruits classified?
Fruits are classified based on their botanical classification as either fleshy or dry fruits. Fleshy fruits can be further categorized as simple, aggregate, or multiple fruits. Dry fruits are classified as dehiscent or indehiscent based on how they release their seeds.
Is a pea pod dehiscent or indehiscent?
A pea pod is a dehiscent fruit, meaning it opens up upon maturity to release its seeds.
What is a subtropical berry?
# An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as the grape or tomato. # A small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure.
How can you prove that a nut is a fruit?
By referring to the botanical definition:A nut in botany is a simple dry fruit with one seed (rarely two) in which the ovary wall becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity, and where the seed remains attached or fused with the ovary wall. Most nuts come from the pistils with inferiorovaries (see flower) and all are indehiscent (not opening at maturity). True nuts are produced, for example, by some plant families of the order Fagales. This includes chestnuts, acorns and hazelnuts.Other nuts are not strictly (botanically speaking) a fruit - but rather a seed.
What is egg fruit?
Dry Fruit
