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boxlodge | 11:55 Tue 28th Jun 2011 | Science
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What is the technical name for the fruit of a strawberry?
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A fruit contains seeds. Strawberries don't - theyre on the outside, not the inside, and so they're known as a false fruit as Woofy says. The techincal term for this is a pseudocarp. The seeds are called achenes.
13:38 Tue 28th Jun 2011
Fragaria
false or accessory fruit
A fruit contains seeds. Strawberries don't - theyre on the outside, not the inside, and so they're known as a false fruit as Woofy says. The techincal term for this is a pseudocarp. The seeds are called achenes.
Fragaria ananassa.
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