English Dictionary

sorosis

noun

(botany) Any multiple fruit, usually fleshy, that is derived from the multiple ovaries in an infructescence. Such a structure typically includes remnants of floral tissues such as the perianth. Examples include the mulberry and pineapple.

The pineapple is an example of a sorosis.

意味（1）

(botany) Any multiple fruit, usually fleshy, that is derived from the multiple ovaries in an infructescence. Such a structure typically includes remnants of floral tissues such as the perianth. Examples include the mulberry and pineapple.

The fruit of pineapple is a sorosis developing from numerous sessile flowers that are connote with their subtending bracts and with one another.