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Hesperidium

Hesperidia are a type of fruit, specifically a type of berry. As you can hopefully guess from the name, it is just a technical, botanical classification.

Hesperidia are basically just citrus fruits like oranges and lemons. A hesperidium is distinguished from other fruits by its thick spongy rind and by the fact that the different sections of its ovary are filled with juice sacs. I believe these different sections are caused by several ovaries joining together into one early in the fruit's development.

List of Hesperidia