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The phrase "accessory fruit" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in botanical contexts to describe a type of fruit that develops from parts of the flower other than the ovary, such as the receptacle or other floral structures.
Example: "The strawberry is classified as an accessory fruit because its fleshy part is derived from the receptacle rather than the ovary."
Alternatives: "false fruit" or "pseudofruit".
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accessory fruit
noun
A fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry.
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"They're aggregate accessory fruit.
Botanically, the strawberry fruit is considered an "accessory fruit" and is not a true berry.
The cashew apple, which is an accessory fruit (e.g., not a true fruit), is about three times as large as the nut and reddish or yellow.
When additional flower parts, such as the stem axis or floral tube, are retained or participate in fruit formation, as in the apple, an accessory fruit results.
The cranberry fruit is an accessory fruit that develops from the development of the inferior ovary, which consists of the ovary wall and the floral tube [ 18].
Apple is an accessory fruit (pome) where the floral-tube tissue surrounding the ovary develops into the fleshy and edible region of the fruit (cortex) while the ovary develops into the core [ 37].
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They produce accessory fruits that are often somewhat similar to dry strawberries.
Strawberries, which have numerous carpels on their surface, are accessory fruits, as are figs.
The edible portion of pomes, which include apples and pears, is partly from the stem of the plant, sometimes including them in the accessory-fruit category.
You can find lots of accessories with fruit prints at Claire's.
A subsample (5 mm height) was cut with a scalpel by removing the tissue directly under the skin and within the core (pericarp), sampling only the so-called cortex (hypanthium or accessory tissue of apple fruit).
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