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Multiple fruit
Answer for the clue "Multiple fruit ", 7 letters:
sorosis
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sorosis was the first professional women's club in the United States . The club was organized in New York City with 12 members in March 1868, by Jane Cunningham Croly . Among its founding members were Josephine Pollard , a children's author, and Fanny Fern ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sorosis \So*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a heap.] (Bot.) A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"consolidated fleshy multiple fruit" (such as a pineapple), 1831, from Modern Latin, from Greek soros "a heap."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) Any multiple fleshy fruit that is derived from the ovary of multiple flowers 2 (context dated English) A women's club; a society to further the educational and social activities of women.
Usage examples of sorosis.
A pineapple plant produces slowly, only one fruit at the end of two years—technically it is a sorosis or bundle of fruits, each of the composite squares being the result of a separate flower—but when the fruit has matured, the plant offers four separate ways of propagating new plants: the crown of the pineapple fruit can be carefully torn off and planted.