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fruto

Definitions of fruto
  1. noun
    an amount of a product
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    type of:
    producción, producto
    an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
  2. noun
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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    types:
    fruta
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
    baya de enebro, enebrina
    berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper
    calabaza
    any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
    bellota
    fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
    espiga
    fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
    hueso, pepita, semilla
    a small hard fruit
    baya
    a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
    drupa
    fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
    vaina
    a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
    falso fruto, pseudocarpo, pseudofruto, seudocarpo, seudofruto
    fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
    baya de cambrón, baya de espina cerval
    fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments
    manzana
    fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
    baya
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
    arándano, mirtilo
    very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
    cítrico, fruta cítrica
    any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    almendra
    oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
    albaricoque
    downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
    melocotón
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    nectarina
    a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
    ciruela
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    fruta seca
    fruit preserved by drying
    higo
    fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
    ananá, ananás, piña, piña americana
    large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
    banana, plátano
    elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
    maracuyá
    egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
    fruto del árbol del pan
    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
    melón
    any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
    cereza
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    uva
    any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
    chirimoya
    the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp
    papaya
    fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
    papaya
    large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
    kiwi, quivi
    fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
    mango
    large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
    sapote
    brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
    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
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    dátil
    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
    guayaba
    tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
    azufaifa
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    lichi
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
    níspero
    crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
    níspero
    a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
    aceitunas, olivas
    one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
    pera
    sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
    granada
    large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
    higo chumbo, higo de pala, higo de tuna
    round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
    membrillo
    aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
    serba
    acid gritty-textured fruit
    semilla comestible
    many are used as seasoning
    café
    a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
    legumbre
    the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
    mies
    dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
    castaña de Indias
    the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
    type of:
    estructura reproductiva
    the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
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