aggregate fruit

/ ăg′rĭ-gĭt /

1. A fruit, such as a raspberry or a strawberry, that consists of multiple ripened ovaries of a single flower, borne together on a common receptacle.
2. Compare accessory fruit

Example Sentences

A banana, which grows from a flower with a single ovary, is actually a berry, while a strawberry, which grows from a flower with several ovaries, isn’t a berry at all but an aggregate fruit.

From The New Yorker

In "aggregate fruit"—such as raspberries—multiple ovaries fuse on a single flower.

From Scientific American

Like raspberries and blackberries, mulberries are aggregate fruit clusters, but without the tartness.

From New York Times

Fruit.—In spherical, woody heads, about 1 inch in diameter, suspended by a slender thread: a sort of aggregate fruit made up of the hardened, coherent ovaries, holding on till spring, each containing one or two perfect seeds.

From Project Gutenberg