simple fruit; monocarp
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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simple fruit; a fruit that develops from a single ovary of a single flower
technicalA botanical term. Examples include peaches, plums, apricots, cotton bolls, and sunflower seeds. Also known as 单花果.
Táo桃
zi子
shì是
diǎn典
xíng型
de的
dān单
guǒ果
。
Peaches are a typical simple fruit.
Mián棉
huā花
de的
guǒ果
shí实
yě也
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
dān单
guǒ果
。
The cotton boll is also a type of simple fruit.
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Zài在
zhí植
wù物
xué学
shàng上
，
dān单
guǒ果
yǔ与
jù聚
hé合
guǒ果
、
fù复
guǒ果
xiàng相
qū区
bié别
。
In botany, simple fruits are distinguished from aggregate fruits and multiple fruits.