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n.,
pl. 3ses 73scz8 5ModL < Gr sbros, a heap: see SOMA16 a multiple fruit formed by the merging of many flowers into a fleshy mass, as in the mulberry
From New Scientist, 16 Nov 2002:
"The pineapple fruit is created by the fusion of between 100 and 200 indivisual fruitlets that are
embedded in a fleshy edible stem. The ovary of each flower becomes a berry, and all the berries
coalesce into one solid structure. This is referred to as a multiple fruit or sorosis.
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wwh 12/23/2002 10:20 PM ![]()
multiple sorosis is a degenerative nerve disease
wofahulicodoc 12/24/2002 12:47 AM ![]()
Re: multiple sorosis is a degenerative nerve disease
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Re: multiple sorosis is a degenerative nerve disea
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