Botanical review examines fruit morphological development in flowering plants, highlighting evolutionary adaptations for animal-mediated seed dispersal.
“Fruit: the edible product of a plant or tree, consisting of the seed and its envelope, especially the latter when juicy and pulpy” (Oxford English Dictionary) “But this [a fruit’s] beauty serves merely as a guide to birds and beasts in order that the fruit may be devoured and the manured seeds disseminated.” (Charles Darwin)
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