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The term '''compound fruit''' is not used in technical botanical writing, but is sometimes used when it is not clear which of several fruit types is involved. A compound fruit is "composed of two or more similar parts".<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hickey, M. |author2=King, C. |year=2001|title=The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>
A compound fruit may be: * An aggregate fruit, in which one flower contains several separate ovaries, which merge during development. * A multiple fruit, in which several flowers, each with an ovary, develop into small fruits that are clustered or fused together into a larger fruit. * A simple fruit formed from a compound ovary.
<gallery> Image:Frambozenkever.jpg|A raspberry is an aggregate fruit (shown with a raspberry beetle larva) Image:Pineapple 'Victoria' with slice.jpg|A pineapple is a multiple fruit Image:Kumato 02.jpg|A tomato is a simple fruit derived from a compound ovary </gallery>
Grapes grow in clusters, but are not compound fruits. Each grape is grown from one ovary in one flower, and each grape remains an independent fruit.
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