Excerpt from Elements of the Science of Botany as Established by Linnæeus, Vol. 1: With Examples to Illustrate the Classes and Orders of His System
The other three parts are, the seed, called, in the language of botany, semen; the seed-vessel, or pod, called by the general name of pericarpium; and the base of the flower, named receptaculum, which may be familiarly understood by that part called the bottom of the Artichoke: the fruit of the Strawberry is also a pulpy Receptaculum.
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