follicle

plant reproductive body

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In angiosperm: Fruits
…types of dehiscent fruits are follicles, legumes, and capsules. Follicles and legumes are each derived from an ovary with a single carpel, and a capsule is derived from several united carpels. As the fruit matures, the pericarp dries and the fruit splits. Whereas follicles split along a single side of…
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In magnoliid clade: Reproduction and life cycles
…often said to be a follicle. This consists of a single carpel that opens along a ventral suture to release individual seeds. Although follicles are found in some primitive members of the magnoliids, such as Magnoliaceae (Magnoliales), and occur in the early fossil history of flowering plants, many other types…
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