true fruit
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The outer succulent part is the swollen receptacle, the horny core being the true fruit developed from the usually five carpels and enclosing the seeds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Its true fruit takes time to flower and swell and come to ripeness and sweetness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
That is, I have planted the seed that will produce the true fruit, and it is for others only to cultivate and nourish what I have planted.
From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by George Reber
The coverings surrounding them complete the true fruit.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
The true fruit is round, or oval, or elongated, sometimes pear-shaped, and with flattened sides, due to mutual lateral pressure.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
