fallen fruit
Orchard floor bounty
Fallen fruit is fruit that has dropped from a tree or vine, typically ripe or overripe.
It often lies on the ground until collected or left to decay.
The term appears in discussions of foraging, gleaning, and urban harvesting movements that gather neglected produce: We made jam from fallen fruit in the neighbor's yard.
Figuratively, fallen fruit can suggest something easily obtained—opportunity requiring no effort to reach.
- apple treeFruit-bearing orchard plant
- bruisedInjured beneath skin
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- rottingOrganic matter decomposing
- decayGradual organic breakdown
fermented · ground · apples · harvest · overripe · brown spots · sweetness · sugar content · wasps · compost · food waste · pecked · scattered · mushy · autumn · birds · foraging · cider
- compostablesfood scraps, food waste, kitchen scraps, yard waste, leaves
- forest debrisdead leaves, twigs, pine needles, rotting logs, rotting log
- phytotelmatatree hole, pitcher plants, pitcher plant, bromeliads, hollow stem
- vulture foodcarrion, rotting meat, carcass, roadkill, animal remains
fallen fruitfreshly picked
fallen fruitfresh fruit
fallen fruitunripe fruit
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