The benefits of fruit cannot be disputed. It is full of nutrients and vitamins, not to mention it is mostly made up of water. Fruit is tasty and there are so many options. As a result, most people will find a fruit that appeals to them. Below is a definition of fruit and an alphabetical listing of fruits. There are some surprises as some fruit such as eggplant, corn, snap peas and cucumber are thought of as vegetables. This is the result of a US Supreme Court ruling Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304, (1893) declaring some fruit vegetables to increase taxation for the national coffers.
Nonetheless, a fruit by any other name is still the same - FRUIT.
fruit – noun/frut/ Show Spelled [froot] noun; plural fruits, (especially collectively) to fruit, verb
1. any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
2. the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple.
3. the edible part of a plant developed from a flower, with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana.
4. the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen.
Examples of Fruit
Apple
Apricot
Avocado
Banana
Barberry
Bitter Gourd
Blackberry
Blueberry
Bottle Gourd
Cacao
Carrot
Cashew Fruit
Cherry
Coconut
Crabapple
Cranberry
Cucumbers
Currant
Custard Apple
Dates
Eggplants
Elderberry
Figs
Gooseberry
Gourd
Grapefruit
Grapes
Guava
Hawthorn
Jackfruit
Jujube
Key Lime
Kiwi fruit
Kumquat
Lemon
Lime
Lychee
Mandarin
Mango
Melon
Mulberry
Nectarines
Neem
Okra
Olive
Orange
Papaya
Passion Fruit
Pawpaw
Peach
Pear
Peppers
Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
Raspberry
Rhubarb
Snap beans
Strawberry
Sweet Lime
Tangerine
Tomato
Tomatoes
Vanilla
Watermelon
