Common Fruits Flashcards

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Apple

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A sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus domestica). Apples are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus Malus.

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Banana

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An elongated, edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.

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Orange

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A type of citrus fruit which people often eat. Oranges are a very good source of vitamins, especially vitamin C.

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Grapes

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A fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.

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Strawberry

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A widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria, collectively known as the strawberries. It is cultivated worldwide for its fruit.

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Watermelon

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A flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family. A scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, it is a highly cultivated fruit worldwide.

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Pineapple

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A tropical plant with an edible fruit and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

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Mango

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A tropical stone fruit, plump and oval in shape and about the size of a grapefruit. It has an inedible skin that ranges in color from yellow to green through to red-green, depending on the variety.

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Peach

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A deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated.

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Pear

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A sweet fruit with a rounded body that is narrower at the top and that grows on a tree.