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Fruits are the seed-bearing parts of plants. Fruits are often fleshy, edible substances containing juices and nutrients beneficial to humans and animals. However, many fruits are commonly mistaken as vegetables.
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Honeydew Melon, a yellowish or greenish-white muskmelon. The rind is smooth and firm. See more »
Fig
Fig, the name of an economically important fruit and of the plant that bears it. The fig plant is of the same genus as the rubber plant, the banyan tree, and the pipal.
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Fruit, the seed-bearing structure of a flowering plant. Most people think of fruits as sweet, flavorful plant parts such as apples, oranges, cherries, and strawberries.
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Gooseberry, the common name of members of two similar genera of fruit-bearing shrubs that are related to the currant.
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Grape, a vine and the fruit it bears. Grapes were perhaps the first fruit to be cultivated.
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Grapefruit, or Pomelo, a large, subtropical citrus fruit. The name grapefruit comes from the fact that the fruit grows in grapelike clusters.
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Guava a genus of tropical herbs and small trees. The common guava, native to tropical regions of North and South America, reaches a height of 30 feet (9 m).
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Honeydew Melon, a yellowish or greenish-white muskmelon. The rind is smooth and firm.
See more »How can there be seedless grapes? How can they reproduce?
There is a good chance that if you go to the grocery store and buy a bunch of grapes that they will be of the seedless variety. If the grapes are seedless, how are they able to produce new grapes? Find out the answer to that question in this article.
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Huckleberry, a shrub of the heath family that bears black or blue fruit. It is often confused with the blueberry, but the two can be told apart by the nature of their fruit.
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Jackfruit (also Jaca, Jack, or Jak), an East Indian tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
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Kumquat, a small, evergreen shrub or tree native to China. It is closely related to the orange.
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Lemon, the name of a citrus fruit and the tree that bears it. The lemon tree is native to southeastern Asia and probably originated in India.
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Lime, an evergreen tree related to the orange. The crooked-trunked, straggly tree grows 8 to 15 feet (2.4 to 4.6 m) tall.
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Lingonberry, or Lingenberry, a low creeping, evergreen shrub that grows in northern Europe, Asia, and North America.
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Litchi (also lichee, lichi, leechee, lychee), a tree of southern China cultivated in the tropics for its fruits.
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Loganberry, a trailing plant of the rose family, closely related to the blackberry.
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Loquat, an evergreen tree native to China and cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fruit.
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Mango, a tropical fruit tree native to India; also, the fruit of the tree. The mango tree grows to a height of 90 feet (27 m).
See more »Melon
Melon, an annual plant cultivated for its fruit. There are two genera: (1) the watermelons and (2) the muskmelons, which include cantaloupes, casabas, honeydew melons, and Persian melons.
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Mulberry, a genus of deciduous trees grown as ornamentals and for their fruit, which are called mulberries.
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