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dry fruits ![click to hear : dry fruits click to hear : dry fruits](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Fruits with usually edible seeds, surrounded by a single dry, somewhat rigid layer.
section of a legume: pea ![click to hear : section of a legume: pea click to hear : section of a legume: pea](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Legume: dry single-chambered fruit that splits in two places when ripe: along the suture and along the midrib of its casing.
hull ![click to hear : hull click to hear : hull](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Usual term for the pod’s pericarp, which bears the seeds; when the fruit is ripe, it splits in two distinct places to release the seeds.
funiculus ![click to hear : funiculus click to hear : funiculus](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Slender strand that connects the seed to the midrib and provides food from the plant to the developing seed.
style ![click to hear : style click to hear : style](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Visible remnant of the flower’s style, now withered, that once connected the stigma to the ovary.
suture ![click to hear : suture click to hear : suture](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Visible seam on the surface of the fruit’s casing, along which the fruit splits to release its seeds.
midrib ![click to hear : midrib click to hear : midrib](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Hollow flange that is an extension of the petiole; when ripe, the fruit splits along it to release its seeds.
pea ![click to hear : pea click to hear : pea](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Round green fruit seed of varying size; it is edible.
calyx ![click to hear : calyx click to hear : calyx](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Coil of the flower’s sepals, which remain until the pod ripens.
section of a silique: mustard ![click to hear : section of a silique: mustard click to hear : section of a silique: mustard](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Silique: dry fruit with two valves that, when the fruit is ripe, split to release seeds.
septum ![click to hear : septum click to hear : septum](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Thin barrier, bearing seeds on each side that drop when the valves open.
seed ![click to hear : seed click to hear : seed](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
style ![click to hear : style click to hear : style](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Upper beak-shaped part of the fruit; it is sterile, thus contains no seeds.
valve ![click to hear : valve click to hear : valve](../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
The two parts of the fruit’s casing that, when it is ripe, separate to release the seeds.