fleshy fruit: citrus fruit![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit composed of several segments, each one enclosing seeds that are in direct contact with the pulp.
usual terms ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
technical terms ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
section of an orange ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
pip ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
exocarp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit’s outer layer, covering the mesocarp.
mesocarp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Designates the whitish part of the rind of a citrus fruit.
juice sac ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Each of the small juice-filled pockets that combine to make up the fruit’s pulp.
seed ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
wall ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Thin membrane separating the citrus fruit into segments.
rind ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit’s outer layer covering the pulp, composed of an outer colored part and an inner part made of whitish tissue.
pulp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fleshy portion of the citrus fruit, composed of small juice-filled pockets in every segment.
zest ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Outer scented layer of the citrus fruit’s rind. It produces an essence used in baking and an essential oil.
segment ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of a citrus fruit surrounded by a thin membrane containing the pulp and seeds; each segment derives from separate ovaries within a single flower.