fruit, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits.
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In common language usage, fruit normally means the seed-associated fleshy structures (or produce) of plants that typically are sweet or sour and edible in the raw state, such as apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries.
fruit 1 of 2 noun ˈfrüt 1 : a usually useful product of plant growth (as grain) fruits of the earth 2 a : a product of fertilization in a plant with its coverings or associated parts especially : the ripened ovary of a seed plant (as the pod of a pea, a nut, a grain, or a …
Apples are a sweet fleshy fruit that grow around the world. Believed to originate in Central Asia, there are now hundreds of varieties of apples, ranging from sweet to sour. Nutritionally speaking, apples are a relatively high-carbohydrate fruit and their most significant nutrient is vitamin C.
fruit (frut) n., pl. fruits, ( esp. collectively) fruit, n. 1. the edible part of a plant developed from a flower and containing one or more seeds with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana. 2. the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple.
The guava fruit is widely grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions. It can be round or pear-shaped, with a thin skin that is green and turns yellow as it ripens. The flesh can be white or even pink, and the seeds can be eaten. Guava contain vitamin C and lots of beta-carotene, which forms vitamin A in the body. Honeydew melons
Chico fruit Cloudberry Coco De Mer Coconut Crab apple Cranberry Currant Damson Date Dragonfruit (or Pitaya) Durian Egg Fruit Elderberry Feijoa Fig Finger Lime (or Caviar Lime) Goji berry Gooseberry Grape Raisin Grapefruit Grewia asiatica (phalsa or falsa) Guava Hala Fruit Honeyberry Huckleberry Jabuticaba (Plinia) Jackfruit Jambul Japanese plum
noun, plural fruits, (especially collectively) fruit. any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals. the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea …
Kirsty Begg/Stocksy United. 1. Apples. One of the most popular fruits, apples are chock-full of nutrition. They’re rich in both soluble and insoluble fiber, such as pectin, hemicellulose, and