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What is the correct name for a fruit that is actually a complex fused fruit from many flowers fused together? simple fruit aggregate fruit node compound fruit

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The answer is the last option, compound fruit.


A compound fruit may be: An aggregate fruit, in which one flower contains several separate ovaries, which merge during development. A multiple fruit, in which several flowers, each with an ovary, develop into small fruits that are clustered or fused together into a larger fruit.
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