true fruit
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Its true fruit takes time to flower and swell and come to ripeness and sweetness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander
They open as nuts do, and then you will find a kernel inside which is the true fruit.’
From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
What we deem the fruit of the fig is, it will be remembered, only the husk, the apparent seeds being the true fruit and—before ripening—the blossom.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various
The outer succulent part is the swollen receptacle, the horny core being the true fruit developed from the usually five carpels and enclosing the seeds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The coverings surrounding them complete the true fruit.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
