The Raspberry's Hidden Structure
The raspberry is a berry in name only. Botanically, it is an aggregate fruit, assembled from the separate ovaries of a single flower rather than developing from one ovary, as a true berry does. Its familiar surface tells the story: each small bump is a fruit in its own right.That structure makes the raspberry a record of its flower's development. Each bump, called a drupelet, grows from an individ...More
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