Liliaceae

Fruit dehiscentdehiscent:
(v. dehisce) splitting open at maturity to release contents (of a fruit)
, septicidalsepticidal:
type of capsular dehiscence, opening longitudinally by separating between the septa of adjacent carpels
or loculicidalloculicidal:
type of capsular dehiscence, opening longitudinally through the locules (compare septicidal)
capsulecapsule:
a dry, dehiscent fruit formed by two or more carpels
or indehiscentindehiscent:
not opening on its own, as in a fruit
, berryberry:
an indehiscent, fleshy fruit with one or a few to many seeds. The flesh may be homogenous throughout. Or, if the outer part is hard, firm, or leathery, referred to as an hesperidium. Septa are present in some, and the seeds may be arillate or with a fleshy testa.
(Clintonia, Medeola, Prosartes, Streptopus), 4-90 mm long, globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical
to angularangular:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
, tereteterete:
approximately circular in cross section; width and thickness approximately equal
or angledangled:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
in transectiontransection:
a cross section; representing a plane made by cutting across an organ at a right angle to its length
, sometimes with persistent tepalstepals:
a member of the perianth, when it cannot be differentiated into a calyx and corolla
or stylesstyles:
in a flower, the narrow and elongated part of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary; sometimes persisting in fruit
(Prosartes), winged in some species of Calochortus and Lilium, rarely beakedbeaked:
a usually firm, terminal appendage, sometimes tapered
, few to many seeded. Berryberry:
an indehiscent, fleshy fruit with one or a few to many seeds. The flesh may be homogenous throughout. Or, if the outer part is hard, firm, or leathery, referred to as an hesperidium. Septa are present in some, and the seeds may be arillate or with a fleshy testa.
pericarp black, blue, or purple (Clintonia, Medeola) or orange or red (Prosartes, Streptopus), leatheryleathery:
texture—moderately thick, tough, and very pliable
or fleshyfleshy:
texture—fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut
. Capsulecapsule:
a dry, dehiscent fruit formed by two or more carpels
pericarp usually brown or brownish purple, chartaceouschartaceous:
=papery, papyraceous
, often with tightly packed seeds piled upon each other. Pericarppericarp:
fruit wall or fruit coat
in both fruit types shinyshiny:
uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles
or dulldull:
reflecting only a low proportion of incident light, with no apparent sheen
, smooth, ridgedridged:
surface relief—raised, thick ridges, sharp edged or rounded, usually in a series that may cover the entire surface
, ribbedribbed:
surface relief—wide, prominent, linear ridges that are generally rounded and longitudinally situated on the surface
, or papillatepapillate:
surface relief—bearing minute, distinct, broad-based projections, tapering to a rounded apex
, sometimes pubescentpubescent:
surface relief—bearing hairs
(Prosartes, stellatestellate:
star-shaped; with radiating branches
hairs in one species of Tricyrtis).

Seed globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical
to angularangular:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
, often flat or disc-shaped often with marginalmarginal:
at, on, or close to the margin or border
rim, tereteterete:
approximately circular in cross section; width and thickness approximately equal
or flattened in transectiontransection:
a cross section; representing a plane made by cutting across an organ at a right angle to its length
, 1.5-15 mm long. Seed winged in Cardiocrinum, Calochortus macrocarpus, Fritillaria, Gagea, Lilium, Notholirion. In Notholirion and Calochortus macrocarpus, wings often narrow or scarcely discernable. Elaiosomeelaiosome:
a lipid and protein-rich fleshy structure attached to some seeds and fruits, it attracts ants which then disperse the disseminule (e.g., caruncle in the Euphorbiaceae, the aril (outgrowth of the funiculus) in the Fabaceae)
present in Scoliopus and Gagea. Rapheraphe:
a ridge or seam on the seed coat, formed by the portion of the funiculus united to the ovule wall in longitudinally curved ovules
(from micropylemicropyle:
an opening in the integuments of an ovule usually acting as a passage for the pollen tube
to nearly the chalazal end) present in Scoliopus. Seed coat black, blue, brown, or yellow, shinyshiny:
uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles
, smooth, reticulatereticulate:
surface relief—netted, raised walls or concave grooves forming a net-like surface pattern with flat, concave, or convex interspaces
, wartywarty:
surface relief—distinct, rounded projections that are large relative to the fruit size; tuberculate, verrucose
, ribbedribbed:
surface relief—wide, prominent, linear ridges that are generally rounded and longitudinally situated on the surface
, or groovedgrooved:
surface relief—linear depressions that may be single or form a series of grooves over the surface
.

Embryo very small and little differentiated, 1/5 to 1/12 the length of the endospermendosperm:
nutritive starch- and oil-containing tissue present in many seeds
. Endospermendosperm:
nutritive starch- and oil-containing tissue present in many seeds
present.