pome fleshy fruit

Fruit with a seed, or pip, surrounded by three distinct layers: an exocarp, a fleshy mesocarp and a stiff endocarp containing loculi.

usual terms

technical terms

section of an apple

peduncle

Part of the fruit that once attached it to the terminal offshoot of the twig or branch.

stamen

Remnant of the flower’s stamens, visible as small hairs in the center of the depression on the bottom of the fruit.

style

Visible remnant of the flower’s style, now withered, that once connected the stigma to the ovary.

exocarp

Fruit’s outer layer, covering the mesocarp.

endocarp

The stiff inner layer of the fruit, surrounding and protecting the seed and covering the loculi.

seed

Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.

mesocarp

Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.

loculus

Small cavity located under the endocarp, usually containing two seeds.

stalk

Part of the fruit that once attached it to the terminal offshoot of the twig or branch.

flesh

Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.

pip

Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.

core

Central inedible part of the apple, comprising the endocarp, the loculi and the seeds within the loculi.

sepal

Remnant of the flower’s sepal, visible as small flowers around a depression on the bottom of the fruit.

skin

Fruit’s outer layer, covering the flesh.