Which part of the plant or flower contributes in the form of false fruit like apple?

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Thalamus. A true fruit develops only from the ovary of a flower, after fertilization. A false fruit, or pseudocarp, forms when some other flower part also swells up and becomes part of the fruit.In an apple, the fleshy part we eat comes mainly from the thalamus, also called the receptacle. The true fruit, formed from the ovary, is just the small core in the centre, holding the seeds.So the thalamus is the part that makes apple a false fruit, making option (d) correct.Read more: Wikipedia, Accessory Fruit

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