In botany,
a fruit is a part of a flowering plant that derives from specific tissues of
the flower, one or more ovaries, and in some cases accessory tissues. Fruits
are the means by which these plants disseminate seeds. Many of them that bear
edible fruits, in particular, have propagated with the movements of humans and
animals in a symbiotic relationship as a means for seed dispersal and
nutrition, respectively; in fact, humans and many animals have become dependent
on fruits as a source of food.
Fruits account for a substantial fraction of the world's agricultural output, and some (such as the apple and the pomegranate) have acquired extensive cultural and symbolic meanings.
Fruits account for a substantial fraction of the world's agricultural output, and some (such as the apple and the pomegranate) have acquired extensive cultural and symbolic meanings.
In common
language usage, "fruit" normally means the fleshy seed-associated
structures of a plant that are sweet or sour and edible in the raw state, such
as apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, bananas, and lemons. On the other
hand, the botanical sense of "fruit" includes many structures that
are not commonly called "fruits", such as bean pods, corn kernels, wheat
grains, and tomatoes.
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