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- 2. a fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g., a plum, cherry, almond, or olive.
- 5. fruit having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- 8. fruit A structure consisting of the fertilized and immature ovules ("seeds") and the ovary wall, which may be fleshy (as in the apple) or dry and hard (as in a maple fruit).
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- 1. fruit According to some chilean experts, in non-climacteric fruits like citrus, ripe and mature can be considered as synonymous, but in climacteric fruits mature means physiological maturity or harvest maturity, the stage in which the fruit can later reach the edible maturity either naturally or artificially.
- 3. make or manufacture from components or raw materials.
- 4. the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, apricots, bananas, and grapes, as well as bean pods, corn grains, tomatoes, cucumbers, and (in their shells) acorns and almonds, are all technically fruits.
- 6. a fruit consisting of a fleshy enlarged receptacle and a tough central core containing the seeds, e.g., an apple or pear.
- 7. belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.
