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.
The strawberry is a type of false fruit.
The part of the apple we eat is derived from a pseudocarp.
From 偽 (false) + 果 (fruit), a straightforward kanji compound coined as a botanical term.