fleshy fruit
noun
: a fruit (such as a berry, drupe, or pome) consisting largely of soft succulent tissue
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Yes, grapes are botanically considered berries due to the fleshy fruit that comes from a single flower with no pit or stone.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2024
The 18th-century preservation process involved placing the cherries in dry bottles, corking them and then burying them under heavy clay, to protect the fleshy fruits from elements like mold and fungus.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 June 2024
Botanically speaking, they’re classified as berries, which are fleshy fruits with many seeds.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
Because almonds grow in the middle of a fleshy fruit, they are not classified as a nut.
—USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
This region was famous for its crops of sapodilla, a brown, fleshy fruit slightly smaller than a tennis ball, as well as dates, coconuts and castor.
—Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
For example, too much moisture after a period of dry conditions leads to the plant taking up lots of water and expanding fleshy fruit before the surrounding skin can expand, resulting in split tomatoes.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
Bright red fruit such as cherries and strawberries with an undertone of minerality with fleshy fruit on the body and broad tannins.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 10 June 2022
Sour red cherry with bay leaf and fresh blackberry with hints of rosebud and tree bark and just an overall wild character with a touch of grip but plenty of fleshy fruit to balance it out.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2024
The 18th-century preservation process involved placing the cherries in dry bottles, corking them and then burying them under heavy clay, to protect the fleshy fruits from elements like mold and fungus.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 June 2024
Botanically speaking, they’re classified as berries, which are fleshy fruits with many seeds.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
Because almonds grow in the middle of a fleshy fruit, they are not classified as a nut.
—USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
This region was famous for its crops of sapodilla, a brown, fleshy fruit slightly smaller than a tennis ball, as well as dates, coconuts and castor.
—Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
For example, too much moisture after a period of dry conditions leads to the plant taking up lots of water and expanding fleshy fruit before the surrounding skin can expand, resulting in split tomatoes.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
Bright red fruit such as cherries and strawberries with an undertone of minerality with fleshy fruit on the body and broad tannins.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 10 June 2022
Sour red cherry with bay leaf and fresh blackberry with hints of rosebud and tree bark and just an overall wild character with a touch of grip but plenty of fleshy fruit to balance it out.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
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“Fleshy fruit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fleshy%20fruit. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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