fruit : Idioms & Phrases


accessory fruit

  • noun fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
    pseudocarp.
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aggregate fruit

  • noun fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
    multiple fruit; syncarp; aggregate fruit.
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banana passion fruit

  • noun cultivated for fruit
    Passiflora mollissima.
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blue-fruited

  • adjective satellite bearing blue fruit
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Brandy fruit

  • fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.
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candied fruit

  • noun fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
    succade; candied fruit.
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citrous fruit

  • noun any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    citrus; citrous fruit.
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citrus fruit

  • noun any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    citrus; citrous fruit.
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Collective fruit

  • (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; called also multiple fruit.
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cream-fruit

Cream"-fruit` noun
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  1. (Bot.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.
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crystallized fruit

  • noun fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals
    succade; candied fruit.
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dark-fruited

  • adjective satellite bearing dark fruit
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dried fruit

  • noun fruit preserved by drying
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edible fruit

  • noun edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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false fruit

  • noun a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
    pome.
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First fruit ∨ fruits

  • . (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered. (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living. (d) The earliest effects or results.
    See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man! Milton.
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Forbidden fruit

  • noun originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)
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  • . (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
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fruit bar

  • noun cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars
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Fruit bat

  • noun large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
    megabat.
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  • (Zoöl.), one of the Frugivora; called also fruit-eating bat.
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Fruit bud

  • (Bot.), a bud that produces fruit; in most oplants the same as the power bud.
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fruit cocktail

  • noun a mixture of sliced or diced fruits
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fruit compote

  • noun dessert of stewed or baked fruit
    compote.
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fruit crush

  • noun drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit
    fruit crush.
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fruit custard

  • noun a custard containing fruit
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Fruit dot

  • (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See Sorus.
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fruit drink

  • noun a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
    ade.
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Fruit fly

  • noun any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
    pomace fly.
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  • (Zoöl.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Drosophila, which lives in fruit, in the larval state.
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fruit grower

  • noun someone who grows fruit commercially
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Fruit jar

  • a jar for holding preserved fruit, usually made of glass or earthenware.
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fruit juice

  • noun drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit
    fruit crush.
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fruit machine

  • noun a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials; certain combinations win money for the player
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fruit of the poisonous tree

  • noun a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used
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Fruit pigeon

  • (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of pigeons of the family Carpophagidæ, inhabiting India, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. They feed largely upon fruit. and are noted for their beautiful colors.
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fruit punch

  • noun a punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol)
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fruit salad

  • noun salad composed of fruits
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Fruit sugar

  • noun a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
    laevulose; levulose; fructose.
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  • (Chem.), a kind of sugar occurring, naturally formed, in many ripe fruits, and in honey; levulose. The name is also, though rarely, applied to invert sugar, or to the natural mixture or dextrose and levulose resembling it, and found in fruits and honey.
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Fruit tree

  • noun tree bearing edible fruit
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  • (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.
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Fruit worm

  • (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of insect larvæ: which live in the interior of fruit. They are mostly small species of Lepidoptera and Diptera.
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fruit-eating

  • adjective satellite feeding on fruit
    carpophagous.
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fruiting body

  • noun an organ specialized for producing spores
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genipap fruit

  • noun tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
    marmalade box; Genipa Americana; jagua.
  • noun a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind
    genipap.
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grape fruit

Grape" fruit`
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  1. The shaddock.
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key fruit

  • noun a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
    key; samara.
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kiwi fruit

  • noun fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
    kiwi; Chinese gooseberry.
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mediterranean fruit fly

  • noun small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit
    Ceratitis capitata; medfly.
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multiple fruit

  • noun fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
    multiple fruit; syncarp; aggregate fruit.
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Multiple fruits

  • noun fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple
    multiple fruit; syncarp; aggregate fruit.
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  • . (Bot.) See Collective fruit, under Collective.
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oval-fruited

  • adjective satellite bearing oval fruit
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passion fruit

  • noun egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks
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plum-fruited yew

  • noun South American evergreen tree or shrub
    Prumnopitys andina; Prumnopitys elegans.
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red-fruited

  • adjective satellite bearing red fruit
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round-fruited

  • adjective satellite bearing round fruit
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simple fruit

  • noun an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry
    bacca.
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Small fruits

  • (Hort.), currants, raspberries, strawberries, etc.
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small-fruited

  • adjective satellite bearing small fruit
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star fruit

  • noun deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
    carambola.
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Stone fruit

  • noun fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
    drupe.
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  • (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
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tube-nosed fruit bat

  • noun any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
    tube-nosed bat; harpy bat; harpy.
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ugli fruit

  • noun hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
    tangelo tree; tangelo; Citrus tangelo.
  • noun large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
    ugli; tangelo.
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Wall fruit

  • fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
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