A type of fruit that develops enclosed within a protective outer covering rather than being exposed or open.
From Greek 'angeion' (vessel/case) + 'karpos' (fruit). This botanical term describes fruits that mature inside a closed structure, a classification system developed as botanists categorized different fruit types in the 1800s.
An acorn inside its cupule or a fig fruit packed inside that weird pear-shaped case are both angiocarps—nature's way of protecting developing seeds like they're in little capsules.
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