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- This article is about botanic and culinary fruits. For the computer chess program, see Fruit (chess).
- For more links to types of fruits see list of fruits.
In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds. Evolution has led plants to adopt certain basic mechanisms, seemingly without close regard to the tissues involved. No one terminology really fits the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits. Botanical terminology for fruits is inexact and will remain so. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plum, apple and orange. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.
The term false fruit (pseudocarp, accessory fruit) is sometimes applied to a fruit like the fig (a multiple-accessory fruit; see below) or to a plant structure that resembles a fruit but is not derived from a flower or flowers. Some gymnosperms, such as yew, have fleshy arils that resemble fruits and some junipers have berry-like, fleshy cones. The term "fruit" has also been inaccurately applied to the seed-containing female cones of many conifers.
With most fruits pollination is a vital part of fruit culture, and the lack of knowledge of pollinators and pollenizers can contribute to poor crops or poor quality crops. In a few species, the fruit may develop in the absence of pollination/fertilization, a process known as parthenocarpy. Such fruits are seedless. A plant that does not produce fruit is known as acarpous, meaning essentially "without fruit".
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And you will know them by their fruits. Oh God.
Cliffshade (Cliff Tomkulak) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:39:57 -0000
And you will know them by their fruits. Oh God.
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binoyxj (Binoy xavier joy) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:29:08 -0000
LOL! Just saw one blog giving dried fruits for the contest winner. Em hungry right now, should i participate? :P
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TeamRelief (TeamRelief) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:26:28 -0000
Getting ready for the First Fruits Workday @gutschurch, 8a-12p today... Taking care of the house!
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North, William - Limited edition fine art prints and original oil paintings of Florida oranges.
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