Q. The aggregate fruit is formed from

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Solution:

Aggregate fruits are the group of fruitlets which develop from the multicarpellary, apocarpous ovary. The individual carpel or pistil develops into a ffuitlet but these fruitlets mature as clustered unit on a single receptacle. Such type of aggregate fruits, developed from the single flower is known as etaerio. These fruits make an aggregation of fruitlets.