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frutta

Definitions of frutta
  1. noun
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
    synonyms: frutto
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    frutto
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
    ghianda
    fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
    drupa
    fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
    mela, pomo
    fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
    bacca, coccola
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
    agrume
    any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    mandorla
    oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
    albicocca
    downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
    pesca
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    prugna, susina
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    fico
    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
    banana
    elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
    granadiglia, maracuja
    egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
    ciliegia
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    uva, vendemmia
    any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
    papaia
    large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh
    kiwi
    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
    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
    avocado
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    dattero
    sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
    giuggiola
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    licci, litchi
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
    nespola
    crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
    oliva, uliva
    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
    granata, melagrana
    large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
    fico d'India, ficodindia
    round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti
    cotogna, cotognata
    aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
    cariosside, frumento, grano
    dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
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