Soft edible pome
A fleshy fruit is a fruit with soft, juicy tissue surrounding the seeds, as opposed to a dry fruit like a nut or grain.
Botanists distinguish types: berries (grapes, tomatoes), drupes with a stone pit (peaches, cherries), and pomes with a core (apples, pears).
Most fruits sold in grocery stores are fleshy fruits.
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Soft edible pome
A fleshy fruit is a fruit with soft, juicy tissue surrounding the seeds, as opposed to a dry fruit like a nut or grain.
Botanists distinguish types: berries (grapes, tomatoes), drupes with a stone pit (peaches, cherries), and pomes with a core (apples, pears).
Most fruits sold in grocery stores are fleshy fruits.
Related — peach (Fuzzy stone fruit); plum (Soft stone fruit); mango (South Asian stone fruit); berry · pulp · juicy · ripe · orchard · farmers market · summer harvest · succulent · drupe · harvest
FRUIT TEXTURE/STRUCTUREfleshy fruit ≠ dry fruit Moisture-removed edible plant matter; nut · grain · achene · samara · legume
flesh, fleshy, fleshly, fleshiness, fruit, fruits, fruity, fruitful, fruitless
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