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Q

These are the layers of the PERICARP.

A

Exocarp, Mesocarp and Endocarp

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Exocarp and Endocarp

1
Q

This is the thickened ovary which then covers the fruit.

A

Pericarp

2
Q

This category of fruit is characterized by fruit that is formed from the SINGLE OVARY of a SINGLE FLOWER.

A

Simple Fruit

3
Q

This category of fruit is characterized by fruit that is formed from MANY fused OVARIES of a SINGLE FLOWER.

A

Aggregate Fruit

4
Q

This category of fruit is characterized by fruit formed from MANY fused OVARIES of a CLUSTER OF FLOWERS.

A

Multiple fruit

5
Q

This is a subcategory of fruit that SPLITS open.

A

Dehiscent

6
Q

This is the type of DRY DEHISCENT fruit that SPLITS open along ONE SIDE.

A

Follicle

7
Q

This is a type of DRY DEHISCENT fruit that SPLITS open along TWO SIDES.

A

Legume

8
Q

This is a type of DRY DEHISCENT fruit that contains TWO OR MORE CHAMBERS and SPLITS open along MORE THAN TWO SIDES.

A

Capsule

9
Q

This is a subcategory of fruit that DOES NOT SPLIT open

A

Indehiscent

10
Q

This DRY INDEHISCENT fruit has a very HARD OVARY WALL.

A

Nut

11
Q

This is an DRY INDEHISCENT fruit with a WING-LIKE OUTGROWTH.

A

Samara

12
Q

This is a DRY fruit where the seed is COMPLETELY ATTACHED at only ONE PLACE inside ovary wall.

A

Achene

13
Q

This is a DRY INDEHISCENT fruit where the seed is completely attached the the ovary wall so that the two CANNOT BE SEPARATED.

A

Grain

14
Q

This is a FLESHY fruit containing only ONE SEED located inside (PIT).

A

Drupe

15
Q

This is a FLESHY fruit containing SEVERAL SEEDS, has a FIRM LEATHERY RIND and has NO SECTIONS.

A

Pepo

16
Q

This is a FLESHY fruit with a LEATHERY RIND and MANY SECTIONS and the RIND IS SEPARABLE.

A

Hesperidium

17
Q

This is a FLESHY fruit that has an EDIBLE PEEL that is NOT LEATHERY and has a CORE.

A

Pome

18
Q

This fruit is more or less FLESHY throughout and the SEEDS ARE EDIBLE.

A

Berry

19
Q

This is a STEM MODIFICATION where HORIZONTAL STEMS grow AT or BELOW soil surface. It can act as a STORAGE ORGAN.

A

Rhizome

20
Q

This is a RHIZOME that becomes ENLARGED for FOOD STORAGE.

A

Tuber

21
Q

This is a VERTICAL UNDERGROUND SHOOT, consisting of enlarged bases of LEAVES that STORE FOOD.

A

Bulb

22
Q

This is a STEM that are BULB-LIKE in appearance but are MOSTLY STEM TISSUE.

A

Corm

23
Q

These are MODIFIED AERIAL STEMS for CLIMBING.

A

Tendrils

24
Q

These are CREEPING STEMS that GROW HORIZONTALLY ON the SOIL SURFACE

A

Runners/Stolons

25
Q

These are OUTGROWTHS OF the WOOD of a twig.

A

Thorns

26
Q

These are sharp EPIDERMAL OUTGROWTHS of the STEM.

A

Prickles

27
Q

These are FLATTENED STEMS with a LEAF-LIKE shape.

A

Cladophylls

28
Q

This is a LEAF MODIFICATION which PROTECT the plant from predators and shade the plant.

A

Spines

29
Q

This LEAF MODIFICATION functions to TRAP INSECTS as a supplemental source of plant nutrition.

A

Insectivorous

30
Q

This LEAF MODIFICATION functions like FLOWER PEDALS to ATTRACT POLLINATORS.

A

Bracts

31
Q

This is the MIDDLE FLESHY layer of the fruit wall.

A

Mesocarp

32
Q

This is the INNER LAYER of a pericarp

A

Endocarp

33
Q

This is the OUTERMOST LAYER of the fruit wall.

A

Exocarp