berries

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Scope note
According to the botanical definition, fleshy fruits produced from a single ovary; a berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp. Berries may have one or more carpels with a thin covering and fleshy interiors. Many fruits commonly referred to as berries are not actual berries by the scientific definition: in common usage, the term is used for any simple, fleshy fruit, often one that has many seeds and usually reserved for small fruits.
berries
Accepted term: 31-Mar-2025