Scheinfrucht
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌfʁʊxt]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Schein‧frucht
Noun
Scheinfrucht f (genitive Scheinfrucht, plural Scheinfrüchte, diminutive Scheinfrüchtchen n)
- (botany) accessory fruit (a fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry)
Declension
Declension of Scheinfrucht [feminine]
Hyponyms
Meronyms
- Einzelfrucht, Teilfrucht, Früchtchen
Related terms
- Fruchtbildung
- Fruchtblatt
- Fruchtfleisch
- Fruchtknoten
- Fruchtreife
- Fruchtstand
- Fruchtstiel
- Fruchtverband
- Sammelfrucht
See also
Further reading
- “Scheinfrucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Scheinfrucht”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Scheinfrucht” in Duden online