The Emergence Machine

Fruit

physical · Biology · Level 8 · E3

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Emergence definition

A mature ovary of a flowering plant containing seeds, serving as food for animals, which emerges from the reproduction process involving a plant that has undergone photosynthesis and has cells, and the capacity to do work, manifesting as the ability to cause change or motion in a physical system.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “fruit” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “fruit”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0FruitSeedFoodPlantReproductionAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAppleL9AvocadoL9BlueberryL9CherryL9CoconutL9FruitL8FoodL6SeedL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Food L6 (requires)
    A fruit is the mature ovary of a flowering plant containing seeds, often serving as food for animals.
  • Seed L7 (requires)
    fruit depends on seed

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