Multiple fruit

Definition
noun, plural: multiple fruits
A type of fruit that develops from the ovaries of many flowers growing in a cluster or that are fused together into a larger fruit.
Supplement
Examples of multiple fruits are pineapple and mulberry. Each section of a pineapple was an individual fruit from an individual flower, and fused to become a pineapple.
Compare:

• simple fruit
• aggregate fruit
• accessory fruit