Anything that holds seeds is considered a fruit...which is why tomatoes are considered fruits. Lots of 'vegetables' are actually fruits..cucumber, squash, tomato etc..
2006-08-20 11:04:41
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answered by tulip70707 3
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The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.
An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.
A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.
The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.
A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.
Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.
Offspring; progeny.
A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
2006-08-20 18:06:41
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answered by Zelda Hunter 7
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fruit (frūt)
n., pl. fruit or fruits.
The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.
An edible, usually sweet and fleshy form of such a structure.
A part or an amount of such a plant product, served as food: fruit for dessert.
The fertile, often spore-bearing structure of a plant that does not bear seeds.
A plant crop or product: the fruits of the earth.
Result; outcome: the fruit of their labor.
Offspring; progeny.
A fruity aroma or flavor in a wine.
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
intr. & tr.v., fruit·ed, fruit·ing, fruits.
To produce or cause to produce fruit.
2006-08-20 18:06:28
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answered by Chelsey 5
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seed-bearing part of a plant when fleshy and edible.
a "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds,fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds.
2006-08-24 11:35:26
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answered by moglie 6
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achene - (buttercup)
capsule - (Brazil nut)
caryopsis - (wheat)
fibrous drupe - (coconut, walnut)
follicle - (milkweed)
legume - (pea, bean, peanut)
loment
nut - (hazelnut, beech, oak acorn)
samara - (elm, ash, maple key)
schizocarp - (carrot)
silique - (radish)
silicle - (shepherd's purse)
utricle - (beet)
2006-08-20 18:16:59
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answered by Jennifer 3
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fruits have seeds, they all do. thats waht makes them a fruit.
2006-08-20 18:15:25
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answered by prettyncurls2192 1
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fruit are very healthy for brains...
u shud try it..they really help....lol
2006-08-20 18:05:23
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answered by Anonymous
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tomato
2006-08-20 18:07:32
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answered by latina 3
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I'm a homo so I guess I'm a fruit....nibble nibble....
2006-08-20 18:06:48
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answered by billyboysblue 3
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...,,,Well.., tomatoes..,non-heterosexuals.. : )
2006-08-20 18:07:56
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answered by bigbill4u 3
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