Ananas (pineapple) infructescence
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Look up infructescence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- ↑ "infructescence", The Free Dictionary, retrieved 2022-03-18
- ↑ "Multiple Fruits, Pineapple Multiple Fruit, Examples of Multiple Fruits, Types of Multiple Fruits". www.fruitsinfo.com. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "Multiple Fruits". science.jburroughs.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ↑ "Definition of SYCONIUM". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
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