In botany and horticulture, parthenocarpy (literally meaning virgin fruit)'s the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilization of ovules. The fruit's therefore seedless. Stenospermocarpy may also produce apparently seedless fruit, but the seeds are actually aborted while still small. Parthenocarpy (or stenospermocarpy) occasionally occurs as a mutation in nature, but it's usually considered a defect, as the plant can no longer sexually reproduce, but may propagate by… (More on Parthenocarpy)