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Why are some fruits segmented?

Why are some fruits segmented (like an orange)?  Does this provide some sort of biological advantage?
gpt
It isn't necessarily a biological advantage as much as it is a product of fruit development. In plants, a seed (which develops from an ovule) is analogous to an animal's baby, while the fruit can be thought of as the ovary (which is the same term plant biologists use). For citrus fruits, such as oranges, each segment is functionally a different ovary. Interestingly, this is also why you find seeds in each segment as you're eating an orange. You can see this in other fruits too, such as apples, but the segments are only obvious if you cut it in half and look closer to the pit.