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fruit comestible

Definitions of fruit comestible
  1. noun
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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    fruit tombé
    fruit that has fallen from the tree
    pomme
    fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
    baie
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
    agrumes
    any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    tangelo
    large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
    abricot
    downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
    pêche
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    nectarine
    a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
    prune
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    fruit sec
    fruit preserved by drying
    figue
    fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
    ananas
    large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
    banane
    elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
    fruit de la passion
    egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
    fruit à pain
    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
    jaque
    immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
    melon
    any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
    cerise
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    grain de raisain, raisin
    any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
    asimine
    fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
    papaye
    large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
    kiwi
    fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
    mangue
    large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
    tamarin
    large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
    avocat
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    datte
    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
    baie de sureau
    berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
    prune sauvage
    fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
    jujube
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    litche, litchi
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
    mammee
    globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
    nèfle
    crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
    nèfle
    a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
    poire
    sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
    brunion
    hybrid between plum and apricot
    grenade
    large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
    coing
    aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
    sorbe
    acid gritty-textured fruit
    myrtille
    blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
    airelle, canneberge
    very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
    airelle
    tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
    groseille
    any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
    cerise barbade
    acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
    mandarine
    a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
    cédrat
    large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved
    raisin sec
    dried grape
    melon doux
    the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
    mûre
    sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus
    type of:
    primeurs, produits frais
    fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
    fruit
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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