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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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Dewberry, a trailing shrub closely related to the blackberry. It is characterized by canes, or prickly stems, that trail along the ground. See more »
Muskmelon
Muskmelon, a trailing or climbing annual vine native to Asia. Its fruit is also called muskmelon.
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Olive, a family of trees and shrubs. The common olive tree, the subject of this article, is the plant of most economic value in this family.
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Papaw, or Pawpaw, a North American tree or shrub, sometimes cultivated for its fruit or for ornamental purposes.
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Papaya, a small tree native to tropical America, Hawaii, and the West Indies. It is widely cultivated in southern Florida, southern California, and parts of Asia and Africa, primarily for its bland, sweet-tasting fruit.
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Peach, a juicy, reddish-yellow fruit with a tangy sweet flavor. It grows on a tree, 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 m) tall, that has shiny green, lance-shaped leaves.
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Pear, a bell-shaped or globular fruit that grows on a leaf-shedding tree. The pear tree grows about 45 feet (14 m) tall.
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Persimmon, a tree of temperate or subtropical regions, and its sweet but astringent fruit.
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Pineapple, a tropical plant and its edible fruit. It is so called because the fruit looks like a big, orange-yellow pine cone.
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Plant, any member of the plant kingdom—a realm of nature made up largely of living organisms that make their own food.
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Plum, a small tree or shrub, and its edible fruit. Many wild and cultivated species grow in temperate regions throughout the world.
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Pomegranate, a shrub or small tree, and its edible fruit. The pomegranate is native to Asia.
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Prune, a dried plum. The term also may mean any plum suitable for drying. Such plums are called fresh prunes when they are used, like other types of plums, in the undried state.
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Quince, a small flowering tree or shrub cultivated for its fruit and flowers. The common quince is a deciduous tree with a crooked trunk.
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Raspberry, a spiny shrub that is widely grown for its flavorful fruits. The many cultivated varieties yield red, black, purple, and yellow fruits.
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Sloe, or Blackthorn, a shrub or small tree native to Europe and western Asia. The sloe grows to about 15 feet (4.6 m) in height and has short, thorny branches.
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Strawberry, the name of a plant and of the edible fruit it bears. The fragrant fruit, red when ripe, is popular for its delicious flavor in fresh, frozen, canned, and preserved forms.
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Tangerine, or Mandarin, the name of an edible citrus fruit and of the evergreen tree that bears it.
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Watermelon, a plant that grows as a vine on the surface of the ground, producing an edible fruit.
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Youngberry, a trailing shrub. It is named for B. M. Young, a Louisiana fruit grower, who developed it by crossing a loganberry with a dewberry.
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