FALSE FRUIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part

Synonyms:

false fruit; pome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("false fruit" is a kind of...):

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "false fruit"):

apple (fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh)

pear (sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties)

quince (aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves)