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STONE |
Fruit seed |
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CARPOLITE |
A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed. |
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TICKSEED |
A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of
certain plants. |
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COMFIT |
A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved
with sugar and dried; a confection. |
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OVARY |
That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most
flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower. |
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ACHENIUM |
A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single
seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier
botanists. |
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SEED |
Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip
seed; thistle seed. |
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BEGGAR'S LICE |
The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some
species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing
of those who brush by them. |
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CARYOPSIS |
A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin
membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and
seed are incorporated in... |
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SECHIUM |
The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of
the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long,
and contains ... |
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LITCHI |
The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It
is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic
pulp, and a sing... |
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WEEVIL |
... The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by
eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut
weevils,... |