Biology / Unit 10 Bio 2195 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Angiosperm Defining Traits: Flower and Fruit
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The idea
An angiosperm produces flowers and encloses its seeds inside a fruit, developed from the ovary after fertilization.
In practice
An apple's flesh develops from its ovary wall, enclosing the seeds, unlike a pine seed's exposed spot on a cone scale.
Where people slip
"Fruit" in this botanical sense includes foods eaten as vegetables, such as tomato or squash, since both develop from a fertilized ovary.
Your place on the trail
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