集しゅう合ごう果か

noun

multiple fruit; aggregate fruit; syncarp

Botanical term for a fruit formed from a cluster of flowers (multiple fruit) or from several ovaries of a single flower (aggregate fruit). The English terms 'multiple fruit', 'aggregate fruit', and 'syncarp' overlap but are not always interchangeable; the Japanese term covers both concepts.

• パイナップルは集しゅう合ごう果かの一いっ種しゅです。

  Pineapple is a type of multiple fruit.

• イチゴは集しゅう合ごう果かに分ぶん類るいされる。

  Strawberries are classified as aggregate fruits.