pseudocarp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
    accessory fruit.

WordNet

Pseu"do*carp noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + Gr. fruit.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.

Webster 1913