multiple fruit

7.3

A food that forms when many flowers grow together, like a pineapple or mulberry

noun
/ˈmʌltəpəl fruːt/

Specialized

: fruto múltiple

The pineapple is a classic example of a multiple fruit found in tropical regions.

Examples

Unlike simple fruits, a multiple fruit develops from the ovaries of several flowers.
A pineapple is a type of multiple fruit.
Scientists study how individual drupes combine to form a multiple fruit like the mulberry.
Did you know that multiple fruits can come from various flowers?
Pineapples are a type of multiple fruit that develop from the fusion of numerous flowers.
The mulberry is classified as a multiple fruit because it forms from multiple ovaries of several flowers.
In botany, a multiple fruit refers to a fruit that originates from a cluster of flowers that merge together.

Synonyms

sorosis

vsmultiple fruit

Specialized

9.9

A fruit made when many flowers join into one mass, like a pineapple

is the common descriptive term for that same fused flower fruit

syncarp

vsmultiple fruit

Specialized

9.9

A fruit made of many small fruits joined together, like a raspberry or pineapple

refers to fusion of ovaries across flowers without stressing small fruitlets

How Fused

sorosis

Specialized

9.9

multiple fruit

Specialized

7.3

aggregate fruit

Specialized

7.3

simple fruit

Specialized

6.0

Surface Forms

multiple fruit singular

multiple fruits plural

Morphology

multiple + fruit

The meaning is directly derivable from 'multiple' (more than one) and 'fruit' (a fruit), so a learner who knows both words can infer this refers to a fruit made of several parts or from multiple flowers. Although it is a technical botanical term, the compositional logic is transparent and similar constructions exist cross-linguistically.

Etymology

Multiple fruit explains its parts: multiple, meaning many, and fruit, meaning the edible part. Imagine many flowers joining to make one big fruit, like a pineapple, so the term means 'a fruit made from many flowers'.