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fruit
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- pronunciation:
- frut
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
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noun |
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fruit, fruits |
| definition: |
the part of a plant that has seeds and flesh, such as apple or strawberry. Most fruits are sweet and can be eaten raw.
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Fruit comes from a Latin word that means "to have the use of" and "enjoy."
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activities with fruit |
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cook, cultivate, eat, grow, harvest, hull, peel, plant, preserve, raise, store |
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broader categories that include fruit |
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crop, food, plant, produce |
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see/see also fruit |
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plant |
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some examples of fruits |
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apple, apricot, avocado, banana, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, cone, crab apple, cucumber, currant, date, fig, gourd, grape, grapefruit, guava, huckleberry, kiwi, lemon, lime, loganberry, mandarin, mango, melon, mulberry, olive, orange, papaya, peach, pear, pepper, persimmon, pineapple, plantain, plum, pomegranate, prickly pear, pumpkin, raspberry, squash, strawberry, tangerine, tomato, vanilla, watermelon |
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some kinds of fruit |
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berry, citrus, nut |
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some parts of fruits |
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core, flesh, hull, husk, kernel, meat, peel, pit, pulp, rind, seed, skin |
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some people associated with fruit |
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cook, farmer, gardener, grocer |
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some places for fruit |
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bog, farm, garden, grocery, grove, market, orchard, store, supermarket |
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some things made from fruit |
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cobbler, cocktail, jam, jelly, juice, marmalade, pie, preserve, salad, sauce, tart, yogurt |
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things that produce fruit |
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blossom, flower, ovary, seed |
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