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MELON |
Large fruit |
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GUAVA |
Large fruit |
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PAPAYA |
Large tropical fruit |
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PAWPAW |
Large yellow fruit |
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PINEAPPLE |
Large spiky fruit |
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PERSIMMON |
Large orange-red tropical fruit |
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APPLE |
Large tropical fruit, custard ... |
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WATERMELON |
A very large fruit with red pulp |
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DATURA |
A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped
flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. |
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HAMMERHEAD |
An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so
called from its large blunt nozzle. |
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SHADDOCK |
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large
species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous. |
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HYPANTHIUM |
A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle,
enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the
pear. |
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FIG |
A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known
from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward
to the Canary Islands. |
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LOTE |
A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of
Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also
nettle tree. |
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MAYPOP |
The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of
the North American Passiflora incarnata, an oval yellowish berry as
large as a small apple. |
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EGGPLANT |
A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin,
allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped
somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. |
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ROUSSETTE |
A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus
vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about
a yard across the expanded wings. |
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MABOLO |
A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the
Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It
bears an edible fruit as large as a quince. |
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SOURSOP |
The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small
tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is
closely allied to the custard apple. |
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LOQUAT |
The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is
as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or
five large seeds. Also, the tree itself. |
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AVOCADO |
The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical
America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also
avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter. |
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WAMPEE |
A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in
China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of
a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor. |
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GENIPAP |
The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana)
of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small
orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice. |
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RICINUS |
...g but one
species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled,
and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expre... |
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SECHIUM |
...edule) of
the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long,
and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembl... |