Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in angiosperms formed from the ovary after flowering.

Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate seeds. 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; in fact, humans and many animals have become dependent on fruits as a source of food. Accordingly, 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, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries. On the other hand, in botanical usage, "fruit" includes many structures that are not commonly called "fruits", such as bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains. The section of a fungus that produces spores is also called a fruiting body.

Fruits (book)

Fruits: A Caribbean Counting Poem (ISBN 0805051716) is a children's picture book written by Valerie Bloom and illustrated by David Axtell. In 1997 it won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award.


Reception

Kirkus Reviews found that "Although authentic to the Patwa language, the pronunciations and cadences can, for unpracticed readers, result in a halting tempo rather than the intended rhythmic lilt." while Publishers Weekly saw that "Readers may need guidance deciphering some of the words" and "First-time illustrator Axtell gives ... evocation of the poem's lush tropical setting and brightly painted buildings offers a lively backdrop for Bloom's bouncy poem." The BookTrust called it "A sumptuous book, with rich, vibrant and distinctive illustrations."

References


Fruit (disambiguation)

A fruit is the ripened ovary of a flowering plant.

Fruit or Fruits may also refer to:

People

  • Fruit Chan, a Hong Kong screenwriter, filmmaker and producer
  • Art, entertainment, and media

    Fictional entities

  • Fruit, a character on television series The Wire
  • Music

  • Fruit (album), a 2009 album by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
  • Fruit (band), an indie rock band from Australia
  • Games

  • Fruit (chess engine), a computer chess program
  • Print

  • Fruits (book), a book by Valerie Bloom
  • Fruits (magazine), a Japanese fashion magazine
  • Other uses

  • Fruit (slang) as well as fruitcake and variations (like fruit-fly) are usually derogatory slurs for gay and effeminate men (or LGBT people); concurrent definitions are more genial
  • FRUIT, a problem in secondary surveillance radars
  • See also

  • Fruit Valley
  • Fructus (disambiguation)
  • Fruitcake
  • Vegetable
  • Froot (disambiguation)
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