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fruit
Also known as fruit group, fruit food group, edible fruit
thumb|Fruit platter – seasonal fruits In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
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A fruit is the seed-containing part of a flowering plant that develops after the plant has bloomed, and it serves the important purpose of protecting and dispersing the plant's seeds so they can grow into new plants.
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21 sectionsContents
- Botanical vs. culinary
- Structure
- Development
- Classification of fruits
- Simple fruits
- Berries
- Aggregate fruits<span class="anchor" id="Aggregate fruits"></span>
- Hybrid fruits
- Multiple fruits
- Seedless fruits
- Seed dispersal
- Food uses
- Storage
- Nutritional value
- Food safety
- Allergies
- Nonfood uses
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Fruit platter – seasonal fruits In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propagated using the movements of humans and other animals in a symbiotic relationship that is the means for seed dispersal for the one group and nutrition for the other; humans, and many other animals, have become dependent on fruits as a source of food. Consequently, 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.