edible fruit

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freestone

fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit

cling, clingstone

fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

windfall

fruit that has fallen from the tree

apple

fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

berry

any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves

lansa, lansat, lanseh, lanset

East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit

carambola, star fruit

deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert

ceriman, monstera

tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor

carissa plum, natal plum

edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant

citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit

any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

tangelo, ugli, ugli fruit

large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin

apricot

downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach

peach

downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh

nectarine

a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin

pitahaya

highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach

plum

any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

dried fruit

fruit preserved by drying

fig

fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried

ananas, pineapple

large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

anchovy pear, river pear

West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled

banana

elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

passion fruit

egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks

breadfruit

a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts

jack, jackfruit, jak

immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

canistel, eggfruit

ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies

melon

any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

cherry

a red fruit with a single hard stone

coco plum, cocoa plum, icaco

plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American

grape

any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters

custard apple

the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp

papaw, pawpaw

fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples

papaya

large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh

kai apple

South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves

ketembilla, kitambilla, kitembilla

maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves

ackee, akee

red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe

durian

huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts

feijoa, pineapple guava

dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves

Spanish lime, genip

round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes

genipap, genipap fruit

a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind

Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi fruit

fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

Japanese plum, loquat

yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies

mangosteen

two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples

mango

large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed

sapodilla, sapodilla plum, sapota

tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

mammee, marmalade plum, sapote

brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

tamarind, tamarindo

large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

aguacate, alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear

a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

date

sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

elderberry

berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies

guava

tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies

mombin

purplish tropical fruit

hog plum, yellow mombin

yellow oval tropical fruit

hog plum, wild plum

fruit of the wild plum of southern United States

jaboticaba

tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil

Chinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube

dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees

leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee

Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried

dragon's eye, longanberry

Asian fruit similar to litchi

mamey, mammee, mammee apple

globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh

marang

tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp

medlar

crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

medlar

a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste

pear

sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

plumcot

hybrid between plum and apricot

pomegranate

large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind

prickly pear

round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti

garambulla

small berrylike fruit

Barbados gooseberry, blade apple

small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies

native peach, quandang, quandong, quantong

red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam

quince

aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves

rambotan, rambutan

pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines

pulasan, pulassan

fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter

rose apple

fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections

sorb, sorb apple

acid gritty-textured fruit

sour gourd

acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds

monkey bread, sour gourd

African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp

crab apple, crabapple

small sour apple; suitable for preserving

dessert apple, eating apple

an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking

cooking apple

an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc

European blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry

blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

huckleberry

blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

blueberry

sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants

boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen

spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

cranberry

very tart red berry used for sauce or juice

cowberry, lingonberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry

tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller

currant

any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams

blackberry

large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

boysenberry

large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

dewberry

blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes

loganberry

large red variety of the dewberry

raspberry

red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries

juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry

edible purple or red berries

strawberry

sweet fleshy red fruit

hackberry, sugarberry

small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States

persimmon

orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe

West Indian cherry, acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry

acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C

orange

round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

mandarin, mandarin orange

a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China

kumquat

small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp

lemon

yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

lime

the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

grapefruit

large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half

pomelo, shaddock

large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp

citrange

more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade

citron

large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved

damson, damson plum

dark purple plum of the damson tree

greengage, greengage plum

sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum

beach plum

small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies

sloe

small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush

Victoria plum

a large red plum served as dessert

dried apricot

apricots preserved by drying

prune

dried plum

raisin

dried grape

granadilla

the egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers

sweet calabash

apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies

bell apple, sweet cup, water lemon, yellow granadilla

the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle

melon ball

a bite of melon cut as a sphere

muskmelon, sweet melon

the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers

watermelon

large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp

black cherry, sweet cherry

any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh

Mexican black cherry, capulin

Mexican black cherry

sour cherry

acid cherries used for pies and preserves

bullace grape, muscadine

dull-purple grape of southern United States

slipskin grape

a grape whose skin slips readily from the pulp

vinifera grape

grape from a cultivated variety of the common grape vine of Europe

cherimolla, cherimoya

large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples

guanabana, soursop

large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples

Jamaica apple, bullock's heart

large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp

annon, sugar apple, sweetsop

sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds

ilama

whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples; grown in the southern United States

pond apple

ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples

mulberry

sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

bosc

greenish-yellow pear

anjou

a pear with firm flesh and a green skin

bartlett, bartlett pear

juicy yellow pear

seckel, seckel pear

small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear

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garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce

fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

fruit

the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant