What is "pseudocarp"

Pseudocarp \Pseu"do*carp\, n. [Pseudo- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.

n. (context botany English) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part of a strawberry or fig.

n. fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry [syn: accessory fruit]