The Morton Arboretum's Naturalist Certificate Program
Plant Families of the Midwest   - Winter 2001
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Vocabulary Sheet 2 - Fruits NAME:                                                           
The FRUIT is derived from what flower structure?

The SEED is derived from what flower structure?

 
Simple Fruit

Accessory Fruit

Aggregate Fruit
  		Example
Multiple FruitPineapple
Fruit Types (there are other types we'll mention with certain families)

Achene

Berry

Capsule

Drupe

Follicle

Grain (caryopsis)

Legume

  
Nut
 		Acorn
Pome

Samara

  
Some fruit terms:

Dehiscent

Indehiscent
  		 
InvolucreAcorn
Patrick R. Leacock
Education Program Developer / Research Scientist (Biology)
Department of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2496
E-mail: pleacock@fieldmuseum.org