Dry fruits

Dandelion seeds from the daisy family are dispersed by wind aided by a 'parachute'.

In botany, dry fruits are fruits which have a hard, dry pericarp around their seeds, these commonly disperse via wind with help of 'wings' and 'parachutes' or via animals with help of hooks which latch on animal fur or when seeds are consumed by the animals.[1] The three layers of the pericarp are generally not clearly distinguishable in dry fruits unlike fleshy fruits.

In common language, dry fruits may also refer to dried fruits and nuts.[2]

  1. ^ Ultimate Family Visual Dictionary. New Delhi: DK Pub. 2012. pp. 148–151. ISBN 978-0-1434-1954-9.
  2. ^ "Dry Fruit Names in English – MevaBite". Retrieved 15 November 2024.