The absence of developed seeds in fruit improves its eating quality. Moreover, it may allow more uniform fruit production in different environments. Seedless fruit occurs when seed (embryo and endosperm) growth is inhibited or the seed dies early,...

Fruits are ripened ovaries of flowering plants, and are developed from the ovary wall from fertilized ovules (or seeds). The size, shape, color, and other attributes of fruits are extremely variable, depending upon each particular plant species. Fruits...

British and American speakers use ‘fruit’ in rather different ways as a vocative. ‘Old fruit’ is the usual British expression, equivalent to ‘old boy’, ‘old man’, etc. The Longman Dictionary of...

All shall eat the fruit of their actions. (Indian) Blossoms are the pledge of fruit. (Danish) Don’t show me the palm tree, show me the dates. (Afghani) Earned fruit tastes good. (German) Forbidden fruit is sweet. (English) Good fruit never comes...

The term fruit has many different meanings depending on context. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are...

Savvy fare Fruits, vegetables easily fit into daily diet Wednesday, July 18, 2001 Your grandmother and mother were right. You should eat your vegetables -- and your fruit, too. Eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables has been shown...

BY REQUEST Fruit, chocolate enrich cream cheese muffins Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Jauneen Hosking, Wind Lake, and Jan Christofferson, Eagle River, sent recipes for muffins with cream cheese as requested by Liz, via e- mail. Hosking wrote: "I am responding...

Booze for Nothing and Your Vits for FreeThe New York Times reports that the latest trendy cocktail is more fruit than gin, like the cocktail made from fresh lime juice, fresh strawberries, mint and VeeV, a 60-proof liqueur made from the açía berry. You can...

Fewer than a third of American adults eat the amount of fruits and vegetables the government recommends, a trend that's remained steady for more than a decade, health officials said Thursday. That's "well below" the government's goal of getting 75 percent of Americans to eat...