Webmove to sidebar Beginning 1 Types of fruits Toggle Types of fruits subsection 1.1 Berry 1.2 Pepo 1.3 Hesperidium 1.4 Pome 1.5 Drupe 2 Botanical fruits Toggle Botanical fruits subsection 2.1 Accessory fruits 3 Non-botanical fruits 4 Area of agreement 5 Seedless fruits 6 Related pages 7 References Toggle the table of contents Fruit 170 languages
Preview
See Also: Share RecipesShow details
WebSpecifically, a sweet and/or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.