simple fruit

6.0

A fruit that grows from one part of a flower with seeds inside, like a grape

noun
/ˈsɪmpəl fruːt/

Specialized

: fruto simple

Many common foods, like tomatoes and cherries, are actually simple fruits in botanical terms.

Examples

Unlike an aggregate fruit, a simple fruit arises from just one ovary of a flower.
A grape is classified as a simple fruit because it develops from a single ovary.
A simple fruit like a grape is easy to eat.
Tomatoes are classified as simple fruits.
Grapes are an example of simple fruit because they form from a single ovary.
In botany, a tomato is considered a simple fruit due to its development from one ovary.
A simple fruit typically contains seeds and has a fleshy or dry outer layer.

How Fused

sorosis

Specialized

9.9

multiple fruit

Specialized

7.3

aggregate fruit

Specialized

7.3

simple fruit

Specialized

6.0

Surface Forms

simple fruit singular

simple fruits plural

Morphology

simple + fruit

The phrase is compositionally interpretable: a B1 learner who knows 'simple' (single, not compound) and 'fruit' can infer it refers to a non-composite or single-origin kind of fruit. However, the precise botanical sense — developed from a single ovary and contrasted with aggregate/multiple fruits — is technical and not fully predictable from everyday knowledge, so it is only partly transparent to learners.

Etymology

The term simple fruit gives a clear picture: the word simple shows there is just one main part, and fruit is the plant food made from a flower. So simple fruit means a fruit that grows from a 'single ovary' and often holds just one or a few seeds.