Pseudocarp

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pseudocarp \Pseu"do*carp\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
     That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived
     from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pseudocarp
       n : fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the
           ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry [syn: {accessory
           fruit}]