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sorosis

sorosis

9.9
A fruit made when many flowers join into one mass, like a pineapple
  • noun
  • /səˈroʊsɪs/
  • Specialized
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  • The pineapple is a classic example of a sorosis.

Examples

  • Botanists classify fruits like the mulberry and pineapple as types of sorosis.

  • The unique structure of a sorosis results from many flowers merging together.

  • A pineapple is a well-known example of a sorosis in the plant world.

  • Did you know that a sorosis can form from multiple flowers?

  • A pineapple is a well-known example of a sorosis in the plant world.

  • Botanists classify fruits like the mulberry and pineapple as types of sorosis.

  • The unique structure of a sorosis results from many flowers merging together.

Synonyms

multiple fruit
vssorosis
  • Specialized
7.3

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

is the same but described more simply as fused flowers into one mass

How Fused

sorosis
  • Specialized
9.9
multiple fruit
  • Specialized
7.3
aggregate fruit
  • Specialized
7.3
simple fruit
  • Specialized
6.0

Surface Forms

sorosis singular
soroses plural

Etymology

Sorosis comes from an old Greek root soros meaning 'a heap' or 'pile'. So a sorosis is a fruit made when many flowers 'pile' or join together into one mass, as in a pineapple.