FRUIT also implies an assemblage of seeds in a head: as in a ranunculus, &c. and all kinds of seeds, or grains, whether inclosed in a cover, capsule, or pod; and whether bony, fleshy, skinny, membranous, or the like. See AGRICULTURE, Part I.
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