An aggregate fruit is one which develops from:

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An aggregate fruit is one which develops from:

A Multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium

B Multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium

C Complete inflorescence

D Multicarpellary superior ovary

Detailed Solution

An aggregate fruit develops from a single flower with a multicarpellary, apocarpous (free carpels) gynoecium; each carpel forms a fruitlet.

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