偽ぎ果か

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

false fruit; pseudocarp

Botanical term for a fruit where the fleshy part is derived not from the ovary but from adjacent tissue, such as the receptacle in apples and strawberries.

• イチゴは偽ぎ果かの一いっ種しゅである。

  The strawberry is a type of false fruit.

• リンゴの食たべている部ぶ分ぶんは偽ぎ果かに由ゆ来らいする。

  The part of the apple we eat is derived from a pseudocarp.