noun
simple fruit; monothalamic fruit
Botanical term for a fruit that develops from a single ovary of a single flower, as opposed to aggregate or multiple fruits. Monothalamic fruit is a less common synonym.
リンゴは単花果の一種です。
An apple is a type of simple fruit.
単花果は一つの花の子房から形成される。
A simple fruit is formed from the ovary of a single flower.
Multiple fruit, formed from the ovaries of multiple flowers (e.g., pineapple), distinct from the single-flower origin of 単花果.
Compound of 単 (simple, single) + 花 (flower) + 果 (fruit), reflecting the botanical definition of a fruit from a single flower.