(Homonym: bury).
1. A pulpy and usually edible small fruit having any of various structures: e.g. strawberry or raspberry or blueberry.
2. Any of numerous small edible pulpy fruits either simple (grape; blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry; raspberry).
Fleshy, many-seeded fruit that does not split open to release the seeds. The outer layer of tissue, the exocarp, forms an outer skin that is often brightly colored to attract birds to eat the fruit and thus disperse the seeds. Examples of berries are the tomato and the grape.
A pepo is a type of berry that has developed a hard exterior, such as the cucumber fruit. Another is the hesperidium, which has a thick, leathery outer layer, such as that found in citrus fruits, and fluid-containing vesicles within, which form the segments. + prikaži više