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Fruits: Seeds
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Fruits are so varied in form and development, that it is difficult to devise a classification scheme that includes all known fruits. Many common terms for seeds and fruit are incorrectly applied, a fact that complicates understanding of the terminology. Seeds are ripened ovules; fruits are the ripened ovaries or carpels that contain the seeds. To these two basic definitions can be added the clarification that in botanical terminology, a nut is a type of fruit and not another term for seed.[2]
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There are many ways to classify fruits, but the simplest distinction is between fleshy and dry fruits. Fleshy fruits are made of living cells and are often juicy and sweet (oil-rich olives and avocados are exceptions). Dry fruits at maturity are made up of dead cells and are divided into those that split open (dehiscent fruit) and those that do not (indehiscent fruit). Within these broad categories many specialized fruit types are recognized. Nuts (for example, hazelnuts and pecans) are one such category, defined as dry, indehiscent fruits with a hard, stony wall. Everyday usage of the word "nut" is... quite different, and includes cashew nuts and peanuts (which are actually seeds not fruits).
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The sweet flesh of many fruits is "deliberately" appealing to animals, so that the seeds held within are eaten and "unwittingly" carried away and deposited at a distance from the parent. Likewise, the nutritious, oily kernels of nuts are appealing to rodents (such as squirrels) who hoard them in the soil in order to avoid starving during the winter... giving those seeds that remain uneaten the chance to germinate and grow into a new plant away from their parent.[2]
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Savia has options to develop and commercialize Mendel's discoveries in certain vegetables and fruits. Monsanto has options to develop and commercialize Mendel’s discoveries in certain agricultural crops. Mendel retains all rights to develop and commercialize discoveries in all other plants, including forestry and horticultural plants, important agricultural crops such as barley, oats, sorghum, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes, and various specialty oil seed crops.
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