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Tall Thistle

Cirsium altissimum (L.) Spreng.

fruit type

Kubitzki et al
achenes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107

Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle

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