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In botany and horticulture, parthenocarpy (literally meaning virgin fruit) is the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilization of ovules. The fruit is therefore seedless. Stenospermocarpy may also produce apparently seedless fruit, but the seeds are actually aborted while still small. Parthenocarpy (or stenospermocarpy...
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development of fruit without fertilization. The fruit resembles a normally produced fruit but is seedless. Varieties of the pineapple, banana, ... [3 related articles]
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<botany> Fruit formation without fertilization. Occurs spontaneously in some plants, for example banana and in other plants can be induced by application of auxin. Results in seedless fruits. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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The development of the fleshy part of a fruit without fertilisation of the contained seed.
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Fruit formation without fertilization. Occurs spontaneously in some plants, eg. banana, and in other plants can be induced by application of auxin. Results in seedless fruits.
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parthenocarpy, parthenocarpic, parthenocarpically 1. The development of fruit without seeds, typically resulting from a lack of fertilization. 2. The development of a fruit without fertilization having taken place in the plant producing it.
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noun (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds
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In botany, the formation of fruits without seeds. This phenomenon, of no obvious benefit to the plant, occurs naturally in some plants, such as bananas. It can also be induced in some fruit crops, either by breeding or by applying certain plant hormones
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