What kind of fruit is an apple?!
What kind of fruit is an apple?
schizocarp
drupe
pome
silique
Answers:
pome
Wikipedia:
"In botany, a pome (after the French name for an apple: pomme) is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the Subfamily Maloideae of the Family Rosaceae.
A pome is an accessory fruit composed of five or more carpels in which the exocarp forms an inconspicuous layer. The mesocarp is usually fleshy, and the endocarp forms a leathery case around the seed. Outside of the endocarp is the most edible part of this fruit, derived from the floral tube (torus) and other parts, which corresponds to what is commonly called the core. The shriveled remains of the sepals, style and stamens can be seen at the end of a pome opposite the stem, demonstrating that the ovary is inferior in these flowers.
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Pome of course.
a friuit fruit
I know its a pome, only because I took French in high school and "pomme" is french for apple.
I wish I had the historical origin information, but I only knew the answer from my french class...sorry
anyway, the answer is pome
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