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fruit
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- pronunciation:
- frut
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
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fruit, fruits |
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A fruit is the part of a plant that has seeds. Apples, oranges, and bananas are some of the fruits that people eat. Most fruits that people eat are sweet, but some fruits, like tomatoes and avocados, are not. People often eat fruits without cooking them.
Oranges are my favorite fruit, but I also love fresh strawberries.
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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, 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, blueberry, cherry, cone, cucumber, currant, date, fig, grape, grapefruit, kiwi, lemon, lime, mango, melon, olive, orange, peach, pear, pepper, pineapple, plum, pumpkin, raspberry, squash, strawberry, tomato, watermelon |
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some kinds of fruit |
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berry, citrus |
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some parts of fruits |
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core, flesh, meat, peel, pit, pulp, rind, seed, skin |
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some people associated with fruit |
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cook, farmer, gardener |
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some places for fruit |
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farm, garden, grocery, market, orchard, store, supermarket |
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some things made from fruit |
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jam, jelly, juice, pie, preserve, salad, sauce, yogurt |
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things that produce fruit |
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blossom, flower, seed |
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