Natur Fruit/histry

Fruit the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or seeds Thus apricots bananas and gras as well as bean pods corn grains tomatoes cucumbers and (in their shells) acorns and almonds are all technically fruits Popularly however the term is restricted to the ripened ovaries that are sweet and either succulent or pulpy For treatment of the cultivation of fruits see fruit farming For treatment of the nutrient composition and processing of fruits see fruit