A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

fructus,-us (s.m.IV):

     singular       plural             
         m. (and f.)                             
Nom.  fructus       fructus          
 Gen. fructus       fructuum       
Acc.  fructum       fructus       
 Dat. fructui       fructibus      
Abl.  fructu        fructibus   

frux, gen. sg. frugis (s.f.III)  
     singular       plural             
         m. (and f.)   
Nom.  frux          fruges          
Gen.  frugis        frugum       
Acc.  frugem        fruges       
 Dat. frugi         frugibus      
Abl.  fruge         frugibus

- fructus nunc baccatus indehiscensque, nunc capsularis, supra medium circumscisse dehiscens pericarpii parte superiore decidua, vel septicide bivalvis, valvis integris bifidisve, fruit sometimes baccate and indehiscent, sometimes capsular, above the middle transversely dehiscent with the upper part of the pericarp deciduous, or septicidally 2-valved, with the valves entire or 2-fid.

- fructus varius, superus vel plus minus inferus, nudus vel calycis tubo persistente inclusus, drupaceus pomaceus follicularis vel ex achaeniis drupisve indefinitis toro sicco vel carnoso impositis compositus, fruit varied, superior or more or less inferior, naked or by the persistent tube of the calyx covered, drupaceous pomaceous follicular or from achenes or drupes of indefinite number on a dry or fleshy torus placed made up (Stearn).

- fructibus odorem spargentibus, with fruits giving out a scent (Stearn).

- fructus sepalis concrescentibus reliquias stigmatis gerentibus subtentus, fruit subtended by the grown-together sepals bearing the remnants of the stigma.

- pedicellus sub fructo clavatus, the pedicel beneath the fruit clavate.

- pedicellis fructu triplo brevioribus (Boissier), with the pedicels three times shorter than the fruit.

- fructus ignotus, fruit unknown.

- fructus tri-queter, angulis alatis, substipitatus (DeCandolle), the truit three-angled, with the angles winged, somewhat stalked.

- genus a Pachira imprimis lana fructus [=gen.sg.] differt (B&H), the genus primarily differs from Pachira by the woolly hairs of the fruit.

- in malis aliisque fructibus mucidis cellaribus, frequentior (S&A), on apples and other moldy fruits in cellars, more frequent.

NOTE: the stone of a fruit: see putamen,-inis (s.n.III).

NOTE: frutex,-icis (s.m.III), q.v., abl. sg. frutice: ‘shrub, bush.’

Accessory fruit: fructus accessorius, abl.sg. fruct accessorio; anthocarpium,-ii (s.n.II), abl.sg. anthocarpio; see diclesium.

Aggregate fruit: fructus aggregatus (part.A); see multiple fruit.

Citrus fruit: see hesperidium.

Key-fruit: samara,-ae (s.f.I), q.v.

Regma,-atis (s.n.III), abl.sg. regmate: regma, a fruit with elastically dehiscing segments or cocci as in Euphorbia.

without fruit: acarpicus,-a,-um (adj.A), acarpus,-a,-um (adj.A).

fruit, growing on, fructicolous: carpogenus,-a,-um (adj.A); fructicola,-ae (s.c.I), abl. sg. fructicola.

Spurious fruit: fructus spurius (adj.A): “certain kinds of inflorescence which grow up with the fruit, and form one body with it, as a Pine cone” (Lindley).