Fruits and Seeds

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Across
  1. 2. fruits derived from a single flower with 1 pistil (e.g., grape).
  2. 6. a dry, dehiscent fruit derived from a 1-carpelled ovary that dehisces along one line (suture)
  3. 7. the outer layer of fruit wall
  4. 9. fruits with a thin exocarp surrounding a fleshy mesocarp and/or endocarp.
  5. 14. a septate berry with a thick skin; most of the edible fruit formed by glandular hairs
  6. 18. a fleshy, 1-seeded fruit with a thin exocarp (skin), usually fleshy mesocarp, and a stony endocarp (the pit or stone),
  7. 19. fruits that stay closed and only release their seeds through physical breakdown or decomposition of the fruit.
  8. 20. a berry-like fruit with a thick, leathery or hard rind, derived from an interior ovary
  9. 21. the middle layer of the fruit wall
  10. 22. fruits derived from a single flower with several, separate pistils attached to a common receptacle (e.g. raspberry).
  11. 23. an indehiscent fruit derived from a superior ovary with a thin exocarp (skin) and fleshy mesocarp and endocarp
Down
  1. 1. a dry, dehiscent fruit derived from a 1-carpelled ovary that dehisces along 2 lines, also called a pod
  2. 3. a dry, indehiscent ,1-seeded, winged achene
  3. 4. fruits derived from an entire inflorescence; individual flowers are tightly packed and fuse together as the fruit develops (e.g., pineapple)
  4. 5. fruits derived from flowers with a hypanthium or enlarged receptacle (e.g., apple).
  5. 8. a dry, indehiscent, 1-seeded fruit with the seed attached to the fruit wall at only one point; derived from a superior ovary with 1 locule and 1 ovule
  6. 9. a mature ovary and associated floral parts
  7. 10. a dry, dehiscent fruit derived from 2 or more carpels that dehisce along 2 sutures
  8. 11. fruits that split open to release their seeds.
  9. 12. a dry, dehiscent fruit derived from an ovary with 2 or > carpels (compound ovary)
  10. 13. a hard, indehiscent, 1-seeded fruit with a bony pericarp, derived from a superior ovary with 1 locule; sometimes surrounded by a papery or spiny involucre, or embedded within a spongy receptacle
  11. 15. fruit with a dry or woody periderm, which can be rather thin and easy to break, fibrous, or hard and stony.
  12. 16. fruit wall composed of three layers
  13. 17. the inner layer of the fruit wall