purple fruit

Eggplant or grape

A purple fruit is any fruit with purple-colored skin or flesh—grapes, plums, blackberries, figs, passion fruit, and certain varieties of other fruits.

The phrase appears most often in contexts discussing nutrition or antioxidants, since purple pigmentation indicates anthocyanins: Purple fruits are rich in antioxidants.

Related
  • grapeVine-grown berry cluster
  • wine grapeCultivar for fermentation
  • plumSoft stone fruit
  • figFicus tree's sweet produce
  • eggplantPurple edible nightshade fruit

blackberry · acai · elderberry · mulberry · blueberry · berry picking · vine · wine · jam · jam jar · juicy · ripe · bruised · sweet · tart · orchard · harvest · farmer's market

Opposites
color

purple fruityellow fruit

Bright-hued edible plant product

citrus fruit · lemon · orange · banana · citrus

botanical category

purple fruitvegetable

Edible plant part

root vegetable · leafy greens · grain · legume

Family

purple, purples, purplish, purply, fruit, fruits, fruity, fruitful, fruitless

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G