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List of Fruits

A List of Fruits is a comprehensive compilation of various types of fruits that are consumed by humans. Fruits are the mature ovaries of flowering plants, typically sweet or sour, and edible in the raw state.

Apple

Apple (/ˈæpəl/; from Old English æppel) is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus domestica). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus Malus.

Related terms: Apple tree, Malus domestica

Banana

Banana (/bəˈnɑːnə/; from Wolof banaana) is an elongated, edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.

Related terms: Musa, Herbaceous plant

Cherry

Cherry (/ˈtʃɛri/; from Middle English cherie) refers to both the tree and the fleshy fruit (drupes) produced by members of the Prunus genus.

Related terms: Prunus, Drupe

Date

Date (/deɪt/; from Greek daktulos, "finger") is the fruit of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). It is a sweet fruit that has been cultivated since approximately 6000 B.C.

Related terms: Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera

Elderberry

Elderberry (/ˈɛldərˌbɛri/; from Old English ellen, "elder tree") is the fruit of the flowering plant species in the Sambucus genus.

Related terms: Sambucus, Flowering plant

Fig

Fig (/fɪɡ/; from Old French figue) is the fruit of the fig tree (Ficus), which is a member of the mulberry family.

Related terms: Fig tree, Ficus, Mulberry

Grape

Grape (/ɡreɪp/; from Old French grape) is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.

Related terms: Vitis, Berry, Flowering plant

Huckleberry

Huckleberry (/ˈhʌkəlˌbɛri/; from Middle English hurtleberry) is a name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.

Related terms: Ericaceae, Vaccinium, Gaylussacia

Kiwi

Kiwi (/ˈkiːwiː/; from Maori kiwi) or kiwifruit is the edible berry of several species of woody vines in the genus Actinidia.

Related terms: Actinidia, Berry, Woody plant

Lemon

Lemon (/ˈlɛmən/; from Old French limon) is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to South Asia, primarily North eastern India.

Related terms: Rutaceae, Evergreen, Flowering plant

Mango

Mango (/ˈmæŋɡoʊ/; from Portuguese manga) is a juicy stone fruit (drupe) produced from numerous species of tropical trees belonging to the flowering plant genus Mangifera.

Related terms: Mangifera, Tropical tree, Flowering plant

Nectarine

Nectarine (/ˈnɛktəriːn/; from Latin nectarium, "sweet secretion") is a mutation of peaches that lack the gene for fuzziness and is therefore smooth-skinned.

Related terms: Peach, Mutation

Orange

Orange (/ˈɔːrɪndʒ/; from Old French pomme d'orenge) is the fruit of various species in the family Rutaceae; it primarily refers to Citrus × sinensis, which is also called sweet orange.

Related terms: Rutaceae, Citrus × sinensis, Sweet orange

Pineapple

Pineapple (/ˈpaɪnˌæpəl/; from Spanish piña) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

Related terms: Bromeliaceae, Tropical plant

Quince

Quince (/kwɪns/; from Latin cydonium) is a hard, golden yellow fruit of the small deciduous tree Cydonia oblonga, which is related to apples and pears.

Related terms: Cydonia oblonga, Deciduous, Apple, Pear

Raspberry

Raspberry (/ˈræzˌbɛri/; from Old English raspise) is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus.

Related terms: Rubus, Idaeobatus

Strawberry

Strawberry (/ˈstrɔːb(ə)ri/; from Old English streawberige) is a bright red fruit, with a sweet taste, produced by plants in the Fragaria genus.

Related terms: Fragaria

Tomato

Tomato (/təˈmeɪtoʊ/; from Nahuatl tomatl) is the edible, often red berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant.

Related terms: Solanum lycopersicum, Berry

Ugli fruit

Ugli fruit (/ˈʌɡli/; from Jamaican English ugly) is a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit (or pomelo), an orange and a tangerine.

Related terms: Citrus, Grapefruit, Pomelo, Orange, Tangerine

Watermelon

Watermelon (/ˈwɔːtərˌmɛlən/; from Middle English water meloun) is a plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, a vine-like flowering plant originally from West Africa.

Related terms: Cucurbitaceae, Vine, Flowering plant

Xigua

Xigua (/ˈʃiːɡwɑː/; from Mandarin xīguā) is a term used in China for a type of small or mini watermelon.

Related terms: Watermelon

Yellow passionfruit

Yellow passionfruit (/ˈpæʃənˌfruːt/; from Portuguese maracujá) is a tropical fruit belonging to the Passiflora genus.

Related terms: Passiflora, Tropical fruit

Zucchini

Zucchini (/zuːˈkiːni/; from Italian zucchina), or courgette, is a summer squash which can reach nearly 1 metre (100 cm; 39 in) in length, but is usually harvested when still immature at about 15 to 25 cm (6 to 10 in).

Related terms: Squash (plant), Summer squash

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